As citizens are expected on the poll today, here is an illustrated selection from all parts of Ireland
ADVERTISEMENTIrish voters were electing a new parliament on Saturday in a poll that could be bad news for the two parties that have dominated the country’s politics for a century, Fianna Fail and Fine Gael.
Polls show a surprise surge for Sinn Fein, the party historically linked to the Irish Republican Army and its violent struggle for a united Ireland.
Before getting the results, here is a selection of the best pictures from this voting day.
Ireland's Prime Minister and leader of the Fine Gael party, Leo Varadkar prepares to cast his vote at a polling station in Castleknock, Dublin.
Members of the public arrive to cast their votes at St Anthonys boys school in Ballinlough, Cork.
A man walks past a Polling Station in Dublin.
Leader of Ireland's Fianna Fail party, Michael Martin (R) and his wife Mary (L) kiss as they pose for a photograph after voting at St Anthonys boys school in Ballinlough, Cork.
A member of the public fills out their ballot paper in a booth in a Polling Station in Dublin.
