POLLS HAVE OPENED for the Galway West and Dublin Central byelections.
Voters will today decide who should fill the seats left vacant by President Catherine Connolly and former finance minister Paschal Donohoe.
There are 17 candidates running in Galway West.
They are:
- Néill Bairéad (Independent)
- AJ Cahill (The Irish People)
- Mike Cubbard (Independent)
- Patrick Feeney (Independent)
- Sheila Garrity (Independent)
- Cillian Keane (Fianna Fáil)
- Seán Kyne (Fine Gael)
- Mark Lohan (Sinn Féin)
- Niall Murphy (Green Party)
- Míde Nic Fhionnlaoich (Social Democrats)
- Orla Nugent (Aontú)
- Helen Ogbu (The Labour Party)
- Denman Rooke (People Before Profit)
- Michael Ryan (Independent)
- Noel Thomas (Independent Ireland)
- Thomas Welby (Independent)
In addition, Cork-based businessman John O’Leary is running as an Independent candidate in both Dublin Central and Galway West.
The other 13 candidates in Dublin Central are:
- Janice Boylan (Sinn Féin)
- Tony Corrigan (Independent)
- Daniel Ennis (Social Democrats)
- Colm Joseph Flood (Independent)
- Mannix Flynn (Independent)
- Janet Horner (Green Party)
- Gerard Hutch (Independent)
- Ray McAdam (Fine Gael)
- Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin (People Before Profit)
- Ruth O’Dea (The Labour Party)
- Ian Noel Smyth (Aontú)
- Malachy Steenson (Independent)
- John Stephens (Fianna Fáil)
Polls will remain open until 10pm tonight.
If you’re registered, you will have received a polling card, which includes your elector number and the name of the polling station you can vote at.
You can only vote in your designated polling station.
You don’t need to bring your polling information card with you to vote, but you must bring a form of valid ID, such as a passport, driving licence, or student ID that includes a photograph.