As local election results start to come in, count centres will start to look at Ireland's EU ballots.
Counting is due to get under way in the Republic of Ireland for the European elections, two days after voters took to the polls.
Fourteen MEPs will be elected across three constituencies to represent Ireland at the next European Parliament.Five will represent the constituency of Midlands North-West, a 15-county constituency in which 27 candidates ran.And four will represent Dublin, where there were also 23 candidates on the ballot.Some 373 million people across the European Union are eligible to vote in this election.
As well as picking candidates to send to the European Parliament, they voted to elect a swathe of new councillors and, for the first time, some were asked to decide on a directly-elected mayor to represent them.More than 2,100 candidates had been selected or declared to fill a total of 949 city and county council seats across 31 authorities.
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