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- 7:41 PM Christine Bohan - Brian Lenihan says Prime Time broke the broadcasting moratorium, in a story in Friday’s Indo. How? By reporting on how Moody’s has downgraded Anglo Irish Bank’s rating. Thread about it on p.ie: www.politics.ie
- 12:59 AM dlooney - On an early morning leaflet drop before polls open #le09
- 1:01 AM longmanoz - Who Cares Wins?:
It is not apathy. The entire point is that politics do matter.
Nor is it disillusionment. Ther.. tinyurl.com - 1:01 AM damienblake - Off to vote. Reckon I’ll get to an 18 or 19 preference. And my time in local politics will be over!
- 1:02 AM LE09_PO - All set up and ready to go. Bring it on! #le09
- 1:04 AM Morrisseyfg - Reflecting on a wonderful campaign in Dublin Central, Vote Fine Gael No.1 for real change today June 5th!
- 1:06 AM dlooney - Polls open as I visit my first polling station of the day – my own at at paul’s school, greenhills
- 3:23 AM Sarah Carey - All go in Enfield! There’s a buzz in the air. I think the turnout will be good. But what do I know?
- 3:24 AM Simon McGarr - My friend tells me that her friend Claire O’Regan, running in central dublin is ace. I trust my friend. Thought i’d let you know. #le09
- 3:27 AM cianflah - gonna hold off voting until CSO publish live reg figures at 11.00 – bet government pulling hair out over the CSO scheduling.
- 3:27 AM krayZpaving - @jack_in_dublin Let twitter inform you! Just tell us what ward/constituency you’re living in. #le09
- 3:29 AM brettmirl - Officer in the polling station (Ashbourne) I went to this morning said turn out was “very quiet” so far. #le09
- 3:29 AM krayZpaving - @ryano Had a similar thing – was asked if I get both ballots or just one. Told him I get ten because my votes count more. #le09
- 3:29 AM ryano - Had to tell the polling clerk this morning what a ‘D’ on the register means. #le09
- 3:39 AM josephdelaney - turnout in ballybrack seems to be quite brisk #le09
- 3:39 AM josephdelaney - Did some flyering for Barry ward and then voted. #le09
- 3:39 AM ubfid - RT @dermotcasey Whichever way you vote make sure you do vote today. At least vote for least disliked to keep most disliked out #ep09 #le09
- 3:40 AM damienmulley - @brettmirl Labour, FG and others should be screaming to get people out to vote. The polls will cause complacency in the electorate.
- 3:42 AM kmirl - as a PR person, I can’t believe none of the parties in #le09 recognised that they needed to get people out to vote today!
- 3:42 AM LE09_PO - Just had a big run there, 6 voters all at once! Whoo! #le09
- 3:43 AM brettmirl - @damienmulley @kmirl no sign of anyone screaming around here (locally or online) to get the vote out. Apathy will prob be the winner #le09
- 3:45 AM lexia - Brand new Tubridy signs that went up overnight yfrog.com
- 3:53 AM irishelection - Happy polling day to you all – make sure you vote, if you don’t then you cannot complain! Liveblog for today: is.gd #LE09
- 3:55 AM irishelection - Tactical voting guide for voters – hop over and have a read, let me know if I miss anything #LE09 is.gd
- 3:55 AM krayZpaving - @jack_in_dublin Small field there. Only 8 candidates. I highly recommend Henry Upton & Eric Byrne, of course! #le09
- 3:58 AM ManAboutCouch - Voted an hour ago in Dublin SWIC. Polling station was quiet as usual. #le09
- 3:58 AM Paschald - On way to vote with family and John Gannon. So grateful to everyone who worked with me on the campaign.
- 3:59 AM Robbiecousins - Voting in Dub Central. Box with piece of green paper for byelection. Same box without slip for other elections. They also move them around!
- 4:00 AM leotraynor - twitpic.com – Tubridy’s posters too close for comfort? What are the guidelines on proximity to Polling Places?
- 4:01 AM bngr - @lexia i’d say with the name alone he’d get a seat. Tubridy that is.
- 4:01 AM ryano - Calling on voters to use their vote to punish the Daily Mail. #le09
- 4:01 AM LE09_PO - Just having 3rd coffee of the day. Think I’ll have a sandwich as well. #le09
- 4:13 AM Simon McGarr - Passing a SF worker already taking down Mary-Lou posters. #le09
- 4:13 AM BrianGreene - voting looking slow in Baldoyle & report from Bayside, is v.slow to 30 year low. Who isn’t showing up that usually does vote ???? #le09
- 4:13 AM jack_in_dublin - @kraZypaving One good reason each to vote for Henry/Eric? Eric often the nearly man isn’t he? Tony McDermott no1 methinks. #le09
- 4:13 AM krayZpaving - @jack_in_dublin Eric: decades of service to the community; in the last term his major achievement was making Dublin a Fair Trade City. #le09
- 4:13 AM StanCarey - On my way to vote in #LE09 I got bitten by some kind of small insect, like a midge over troubled voters.
- 4:13 AM fustar - Could a vote get caught in an endless transfer loop and end up vanishing? Or somehow transfer itself to an election in another country?#le09
- 4:14 AM brettmirl - @jack_in_dublin You’ve a right mixed bag to pick from. Christian Solidarity and People Before Profit too! #le09
- 4:14 AM BrianGreene - voting looking slow in Baldoyle & report from Bayside, is v.slow to 30 year low. Who isn’t showing up that usually does vote ???? #le09
- 4:14 AM krayZpaving - @jack_in_dublin Henry: new voice, but with plenty of political experience; particular interest in the visual environment of the area #le09
- 4:14 AM krayZpaving - @jack_in_dublin That’s on top of the reasons to vote Labour in general, of course! #le09
- 4:14 AM omegar24 - @dbolger1983 it was a negative sticker on the poster. Basically saying that FF had gotten rid of the X-mas bonus #le09
- 4:15 AM damienmulley - @jack_in_dublin Eric is someone very much into social justice and equality, not like some of the champagne socialists in the party for power
- 4:16 AM patrick_maphoso - VOTE TODAY! (1) Patrick Maphoso, Independent, local elections, North Inner City, polls open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. – www.patrickmaphoso.com
- 4:19 AM LE09_PO - I’m told we should expect a big crowd in the next few mins. 10 o’clock mass will be over. #le09
- 4:29 AM Simon McGarr - @fustar questions would be asked about the presiding officer insistance on making people vote with potato carved stamps. #le09
- 4:29 AM krayZpaving - @fustar Lots drawn to eliminate candidates 1 by 1 until there were only number left in race equal to number of seats #le09
- 4:29 AM jack_in_dublin - Would love to get some feedback on/from @EoinRyanMEP @derossa @deirdredeburca . Reasons to vote for them – or not? #le09
- 4:31 AM naoisen - Wondering why the Dutch Euro election results have been published but we can’t even start counting until Sunday @9pm?
- 4:31 AM naoisen - OK – Found the answer. The Dutch have unilaterally decided to announce results whenever they bloody well want! tinyurl.com
- 4:31 AM LE09_PO - A bit of excitement, a person has a different first name than on register. He took oath confirming his identity so gave him paper. #le09
- 4:32 AM JimserM - 3.6% turn out from 8-9. moving along nicely #le09 #Eu09
- 4:32 AM Cabaal - @damienmulley thing is local election are not going to overthrow the government, no matter what the media/partys want people to think #le09
- 4:38 AM gerrymulvenna - I let my body’s alarm clock wake me up this morning after yesterday’s 4am start. Polling station before office. #le09
- 4:38 AM fustar - Last time round I saw an elderly lady ask a Guard who she should vote for. He pointed at the ballot sheet and said “Him” firmly. #le09
- 4:38 AM Simon McGarr - @fustar @topgold suggests people with early alphabet names are statistically over successful. #le09
- 4:39 AM Paschald - Voted. Gulp!
- 4:40 AM mor_rigan - More candidates to exclude than throw a pref at. Gov and crazies versus Blueshirts and Labour? Wonderful choices #le09
- 4:40 AM krayZpaving - @fustar Position matters a bit – but more that it’s good to be top and best to be first of your party’s candidates #le09
- 4:40 AM fustar - Last time round I saw an elderly lady ask a Guard who she should vote for. He pointed at the ballot sheet and said “Him” firmly. #le09
- 4:43 AM gerrymulvenna - I don’t think I’ve ever stood in a polling booth and been so undecided in my life. Pencil refused to go near parties starting with F. #le09
- 4:46 AM EoinRyanMEP - Reasons to vote for Eoin Ryan MEP tinyurl.com #le09
- 4:46 AM gerrymulvenna - Very poor choice in my local constituency (Killaloe/Clare) where there’s only 8 candidates for 6 seats (3FF,3FG,IND,LAB). #le09
- 5:01 AM ElaineByrne - had 6 phonecalls already tis morn from my younger brothers & sisters making sure I’m coming home to vote. Total role reversal. #le09
- 5:02 AM BrianGreene - I am 3/15 on the ballot paper bit.ly
#le09 - 5:02 AM swearimnotpaul - Nearly 20 voters now. Not bad. Heading for 5% turnout so far. #le09
- 5:05 AM BrianGreene - my daughter blogging her bit for daddy’s campaign nonononononoyes.blogspot.com #le09
- 5:06 AM BrianGreene - @naoisen Fingal counts in the The National Show Centre (Kennel Club), Cloghran, Swords, Co Dublin, elbow me via twitter! #le09
- 5:10 AM dlooney - twitpic.com – Casting the ballot for Looney, Dermot (The Labour Party)
- 5:10 AM brettmirl - Live Register surpasses 400,000 in May-CSO Figures just out: bit.ly
- 5:20 AM LE09_PO - 11.07am and just had our 50th voter. #le09
- 5:22 AM barratree - Successfully spoiled my vote for euros in east constituency. I didn’t even have a descending order of dislike. Just. All. Shite. #fb
- 5:27 AM gomaonaigh - Loving the Irish Dail Mail Frontpage: ‘Now Let Them Feel The Pain’ #le09
- 5:28 AM adrianweckler - Pretty ridiculous that we still use pencils and paper in election voting. Roll on (proper, sound) electronic voting.
- 5:28 AM UmarAhmed - @adrianweckler Couldn’t agree with you more on electronic voting! We made a massive mistake there.
- 5:28 AM damienblake - @adrianweckler The voting system works. Electoral register is a disaster, and counting can be made more efficient. I say keep the pencils!
- 5:28 AM faduda - @adrianweckler are you serious? The RISKS list is full of problems with evoting
- 5:28 AM UmarAhmed - @damienblake @adrianweckler only reason voting system remains in current format is because parties can use their tallymen
- 5:51 AM sazzybm - I think the whole e voting thing was just another example of how stupid the people running the country are. and even when they realised the bloody machines didnt work they kept them and cost us millions of euro more!!!! Come on!!! I say keep the tried and tested method with the auld pencil and paper. Its always best to have a hard copy of a result which you would not have with the machines!!!
- 5:51 AM sazzybm - Just heading to vote now!!!
- 5:57 AM ryano - @jack_in_dublin Hope you stick with Tony McDermott as your No. 1 – he’s an excellent Cllr in SDCC looking to represent his own area. #le09
- 5:57 AM allyquinn - Just voted. Pissed my Dad off loads by telling him i only voted for the good looking people. Hahaha. #le09
- 5:57 AM ryano - Free scones for voters in Gammell’s in Ranelagh, courtesy of Independent Erik Eblana. Don’t know how you prove you voted. #le09
- 5:57 AM swearimnotpaul - Up to thirty now. Come on ye boyas! #le09 #ie09 #-loe09
- 5:57 AM damienblake - Turnout looks high in Letterkenny Town Centre ballot boxes, some past 15% #le09
- 5:57 AM Stephen Spillane - Turnout percentages are surprising me. We could be in for a high turnout. #le09
- 5:57 AM ryano - @gomaonaigh Don’t you feel something’s not quite right with the world when you use the words “loving the Irish Daily Mail”? #le09
- 5:57 AM Stephen Spillane - @DunoxBliss which is good to hear! am surprised with number of friends who have set they are voting FG. Mainly angry at Gov’t #le09
- 5:57 AM aoifecarroll - Just voted for @
ivanabacik! St Gabriels polling station brisk with voters. Estimated 14 %turnout so far #Le09 - 5:57 AM Stephen Spillane - @UmarAhmed Mine in Cork was fairly busy. People in and out. Box looked full and plenty of names crossed off! Lot busier then lisbon #le09
- 5:59 AM Lynn_duh - Just voted, feel so patriotic! An old woman asked me how to vote, so cute, she said “Oh, I like him, he gets 10/10!” #le09
- 5:59 AM Stephen Spillane - RT @Campaign_Watch: Average turnout in Dublin City reported to be about 9% #LE09
- 6:02 AM LE09_PO - 16 voters in last half hour. Busiest yet. #le09
- 6:10 AM sazzybm - I think the anger at the gov will drive up the turn out figures. people are just sick of watching from the side lines. Im Voting For Paul Cagney NO1 for Charleville!!! FF made loads of promises last time round and didnt keep a one! Shock horror. I will also be voting FG in the Euros
- 6:20 AM BrianGreene - Im going to the kids school (all girls) with a sign, NOT vote4me. this “Miley Cyrus announces two Dublin shows” url.ie #le09
- 6:20 AM abigailrieley - Fianna Fail are stopping elderly people on their way to vote at Cowper St polling station. Way too close! #le09
- 6:20 AM JimserM - Turn out of 11% here so far, majority being men. #le09
- 6:20 AM paul_cawley - #le09 ‘All political lives… end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs’ Enoch Powell
- 6:20 AM daverooney - Payback time
get out and vote today folks #le09 - 6:22 AM LE09_PO - It’s amazing the number of people who don’t know there’s a European election until we give them the 2nd ballot paper. #le09
- 6:29 AM krayZpaving - Sindo doing an exit poll, according to grapevine. Party support releases Sat morning, Euro support 9pm Saturday. #le09
- 6:30 AM fustar - RT: @topgold If you tweet from inside the polling booth curtain, do you spoil your vote? #le09
- 6:30 AM Stephen Spillane - RT @Campaign_Watch: Highest vote turnout at 11am in Dublin City area was 10% in Clontarf, lowest was 5.5% in Finglas-Ballymun. #LE09
- 6:39 AM CiaranCuffe - Campaign round-up blog post from Dún Laoghaire short.ie #LE09
- 6:45 AM redfly - Now I know that “tingle of fear” that Obama voters felt worrying that McCain might get voted in. #le09
- 6:45 AM chistorra - 13,500 more unemployed people on the Irish Live Register in 1 month. Total now 400,000. I wonder which way they’ll vote? #LE09
- 6:55 AM JoeLeogue - Turn out is looking higher than expected so far #le09
- 6:55 AM swearimnotpaul - This PO stuff is boring. Where are the candidate visits? They don’t care about the culchies obviously. #le09 #ie09 #-le09
- 6:55 AM JimserM - voting has been a bit slow this hour but 5 local councillors came in to introduce themselves #le09
- 7:04 AM LE09_PO - Looking at the European ballot paper for north west, just realised out of 13 candidates only 2 are female. #le09
- 7:22 AM JimserM - liz mc manus visiting polling station now #le09
- 7:30 AM LE09_PO - Ooh. 2 personation agents here now, 1 FF and 1 FG. They seem friendly
#le09 - 7:48 AM RTE_Elections - Turnout is reported to have been steady so far – with some indications that there may be a relatively high turnout in some areas
- 7:50 AM RTE_Elections - Areas in Galway City reporting turnout of 11% up to 12pm, while on the edge of the city in areas like Castlegar turnout is lower about 6%
- 7:51 AM LE09_PO - Who are all these independents on the north west ticket? 6 of them out of 13 and only heard of Marian Harkin. #le09
- 7:53 AM RTE_Elections - In the East turnout was at 17% in one box in Portarlington at 12pm. It is 15% in Carlow town but lower in Kilkenny city at an estimated 10%
- 7:54 AM RTE_Elections - Turnout at one of the busier polling stations in Clonmel town is around 20% and at a polling station in rural areas it’s lower at 14%
- 7:55 AM RTE_Elections - There is significant variation in voting trends across the North-West with some booths showing very high turnouts for this time of day
- 7:57 AM unkiedave - Just back from Synge Street polling station, deathly quiet, no sign of personation agents, blew my one chance for personation. damn. #le09
- 7:59 AM RTE_Elections - In Co Donegal turnout is ranging from 10% to 25% in Carrick in the south-west of the county, while Letterkenny is at 13%
- 8:01 AM RTE_Elections - In Co Sligo turnout in Ballymote, Ballisodare and Collooney is at 25%
- 8:04 AM sazzybm - just voted. No politians around. lots of names crossed out on the register so I think turn out will be good. The woman thought it was my first time voting, wanted to take a picture!! Ha ha! Well thats my patriotic duty done.
- 8:05 AM redfly - All voted. Feel pretty good about my choices. Shame more candidates didn’t push more online. #le09
- 8:06 AM nonsequitir - Myself and Julie have voted, have you? Get to it!!! #le09
- 8:09 AM JimserM - up to 14% turn out now. day is going quick enough #le09
- 8:09 AM LE09_PO - Dinner arrived from local pub. Nyum-nyum.
- 8:13 AM swearimnotpaul - Heard a story about a lady who walked out of the polling station with 2 out of 3 ballots in her hand. Those votes won’t count anyway. #le09
- 8:16 AM RTE_Elections - Update on Kilkenny city turnout, which over 15% at the moment – well up on figures compared to the last local election
- 8:18 AM sineadcochrane - Am using the net to research my choices now @redfly It’s not going well. #le09
- 8:18 AM sineadcochrane - My local area, Celbridge, was merged with Leixlip/Maynooth so I’ve no clue what to do re: local elections. @davidcochrane Helps? #le09
- 8:18 AM RTE_Elections - People have been reminded to bring a form of ID with them to vote such as a passport, driving licence, or employee or student photo ID card
- 8:23 AM LE09_PO - Roast beef and all the trimmings, with chocolate fudge cake for afters. It was delish. #le09
- 8:24 AM LE09_PO - Dinner arrived from local pub. Nyum-nyum. #le09
- 8:29 AM AllanCavanagh - Voted. Very quiet in Salthill.
- 8:43 AM JimserM - local sinn Fein candidate came in with official side kick asking questions about the turn out percentages and the electoral area #le09
- 8:43 AM jonathangrimes - So i’ve voted, have you? #le09
- 9:07 AM LE09_PO - Dinner was lovely, and voters were very good and mostly stayed away while we ate. #le09
- 9:08 AM fustar - Early exit polls suggest…that I should have used “local representatives” in place of “a government” in last Tweet.
- 9:15 AM swearimnotpaul - Why would a person be able to vote for Europe, Local, and Dail elections but not in a referendum? Anyone know? They’re Irish too #le09 #ie09
- 9:15 AM Genzer - @swearimnotpaul if they are British citizen resident in Irl can vote in all three – eu,local & dail but not in a ref.#le09
- 9:15 AM swearimnotpaul - By the way, we’re up to 18 %here. Not too bad thus far. #ie09 #le09 #-le09
- 9:15 AM Campaign_Watch - Turnout in Dublin City at 2pm: 15.59%. Clontarf: 20%, Cabra Glasnevin 20.8%, Pembroke Rathmines 14.6% North Inner City 8% #le09 #ie09
- 9:17 AM RTE_Elections - Voting has been fairly steady around Louth and Meath throughout the day. In Drogheda& Dundalk the turnout is estimated at around 17% so far.
- 9:19 AM RTE_Elections - Turnout in Kilkenny City was over 15% at lunchtime, which was well up on figures at the same time in the last local elections.
- 9:29 AM LE09_PO - Now it’s a bit too slow, only 3 people in the last hour. Better be careful what I wish for, though… #le09
- 9:32 AM BrianGreene - OK I voted. that was easy to choose from. List was so long Wolfe was off the table, new quadrant alu/plastic booths. i’m 3/15 on list #le09
- 9:34 AM RTE_Elections - Two booths in the Scóil Ursula polling station in Sligo Town reported a turnout of 15% and 20% by 3pm.
- 9:53 AM RTE_Elections - Voting has picked up in Dublin City with a turnout of over 15% by lunchtime. Turnout is higher in areas covered by the two by-elections
- 10:14 AM Sarah Carey - Bumped into Donie Cassidy in Castlepollard. We agreed rural FF vote might hold.
- 10:31 AM LE09_PO - Haha! One of the poll clerks got locked in the toilet! She was nearly climbing out the window! #le09
- 10:34 AM RTE_Elections - Turnout in Cork varies from 11% in Ballinhassig to up to 30% in Clonakilty and Cobh. Voting has been steady, and a surge is due at teatime.
- 10:44 AM cmccann2 - Voted in Cooley, steady turnout,hearing good things about Childers, no personation agents, off now to Dublin South #le09
- 10:44 AM JimserM - voting turn out at 20% so far. was slower for lisbon treaty #le09
- 10:44 AM Genzer - My polling station in Dublin central way busier than other years. Met Bacik coming out, exit poller outside asking re EU/local not by. #le09
- 10:44 AM JimserM - Local candidate Sarah Wray coming around now #le09
- 10:44 AM Simon McGarr - @rte_elections the generally used tag for election tweets is #le09 , just so’s you know.
- 10:44 AM JimserM - LE09_PO Gone quiet here too about 6 voters in last hour expect the 5.30 rush soon! #le09
- 10:51 AM RTE_Elections - Voting is picking up in the East constituency, with Mounmellick at 24% so far and Portlaoise at 20%.
- 10:53 AM LE09_PO - Btw, she got out again by passing the key out the window. #le09
- 10:58 AM LE09_PO - A little tip if you haven’t voted yet, don’t talk about the change in weather, we’ve heard it a million times already. #le09
- 11:11 AM RTE_Elections - Voting at polling stations in Limerick City and County continues to be brisk. One of the busiest stations is reporting a turnout of 31%.
- 11:18 AM RTE_Elections - Turnout brisker than expected across Galway. Renmore is at 28%. East County averaging 35%. One polling station in Ballinasloe is up to 42%
- 11:28 AM RTE_Elections - Turnout in Ballybeg in Waterford City is averaging 35% at the moment. The county registrar says this generally doubles later in the evening
- 11:31 AM sazzybm - We’ll definatly see a rush after 5 when everyone finishes work. Looks like a good turn out so far. Come on people VOTE!!!!
- 11:37 AM RTE_Elections - 50 voters in Trim, Co Meath were given too many ballot papers oday. They were given Town Council ballot papers they were not entitled to
- 11:40 AM labour - Have you voted today yet? Please vote Labour no 1, and remind your family and friends to vote as well.
- 11:43 AM deebdublin - Wondering if turnout will be influenced by live register increase. Are there more of us around during the day so less of an evening crowd at polls this election?
- 11:44 AM krayZpaving - A distraction from elections – at a webinar for my MBA course with @UBCMBA Better than watching turnout numbers #le09
- 11:45 AM Fergal - #le09 How does the turnout so far compare to other years?
- 11:45 AM swearimnotpaul - Up to 25% turnout here now. #le09 #ie09 #-le09
- 11:45 AM Aperture11 - twitpic.com – Tom Stafford (Fianna Fail)…canvassing outside a polling station…desperation over democracy.
- 11:45 AM rodericogorman - Something a bit cool about going into the polling station and being able to vote for yourself. Hopefully others enjoyed voting for me too!
- 11:45 AM jaycee001 - maurice ahern standing on corner of hollybank rd near polling station looking lonely
- 11:47 AM RTE_Elections - Voting across the South constituency is described as brisk and steady this afternoon, with numbers well ahead of the Lisbon Treaty
- 11:47 AM RTE_Elections - Turnout in urban areas of Tipperary South is about 41%. It is slightly lower in rural areas at about 37%
- 11:48 AM ghook - will be voting in Holly Park NS tonight at about 7.40 pm – see you therre if it is your polling sdtataion
- 11:49 AM RTE_Elections - Early figures for the Euro elections in Northern Ireland show a drop in participation. The initial tallies point to a 10% drop in turnout
- 11:52 AM RTE_Elections - Turnout in Louth & Meath is reported to be brisk. Some parts of north Louth are estimating a turnout of around 35%. Kells in Meath is at 35%
- 11:57 AM RTE_Elections - Rural areas of North Tipperary are reporting turnouts in the range of 10 to 15%, while in urban areas like Nenagh turnout is touching 20%
- 11:59 AM LE09_PO - Turnout seems high at this point, about 42% with 4 hours ago. Wonder what it’s like around the country? We’ve no radio here. #le09
- 12:13 PM Suzy Byrne - Obligatory (seemingly) footage of nuns voting on six-one news – plus a Bride rather than bride of christ #le09
- 12:13 PM ubfid - @LE09_PO About the same here (Berrings, Co. Cork) one hour ago #le09 #ep09
- 12:16 PM treas_treas - Nice turnout in connamara so far…
- 12:18 PM eoinbannon - Presiding officer at my polling station in rural Longford said about 1/3 of electorate had voted by 5.50pm.Should see another third by close
- 12:26 PM LE09_PO - Think I’m on my 7th cup of coffee by now, I’ll be buzzing all night, not able to sleep! #le09
- 12:37 PM lostexpectation - didn’t see a link to this on the front page of liveblog.ie
- 12:37 PM lostexpectation - hello
- 12:40 PM eoinpurcell - Someone explain this moratorium to me please. Is this law or tradition? #LE09
- 12:41 PM sazzybm - I think its stupid. especially when everyone has access on the net
- 12:41 PM ScottDeBuitleir - Estimated 30% turnout in Clontarf (West C) Polling Station so far. #Le09
- 12:49 PM swearimnotpaul - Anyone know why there was no pics of the independents on Europe – East? They just didn’t get them in on time? #le09 #ie09
- 12:50 PM Fergal Crehan - Moratorium is a tradition whereby the media gave the voters a day to make their minds up. The Government recently introduced a bill which would have banned opinion polls in the final week of a campaign but it didn’t survive the Senate due to being quite obviously in breach of the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression.
- 12:50 PM swearimnotpaul - Just passed 150 votes out of 400 or so. Not too shabby. #le09 #ie09 forgot the tag
- 12:50 PM sinnfeinireland - In Cabra. Lorraine saved us with coddle. Two bowls. End is nigh. Will the gov survive? Its over to u. Use your vote, b4 it’s too late. GA
- 1:21 PM Dan sullivan - The opinion poll bill which died in the Seanad just before the 2002 election, died in large part due to a flaw which while banning polls in the last 2 weeks of campaign left it perfectly legal to publish opinion polls on election day itself. It was pointed out by Shane Ross.
- 1:22 PM RTE_Elections - The average turnout in Dublin at 5pm was 22.7%. Clontarf was the area with the highest at 30%, with a low of 15% in the north inner city
- 1:30 PM RTE_Elections - The average in Dublin had risen to 31.39% by 7pm. Clontarf set the pace with turnout of 42%, with noth inner city remaning the lowest at 19%
- 1:30 PM LE09_PO - The Scots Clan are out on the table. Won’t last 5 minutes with me! #le09
- 1:41 PM Dan sullivan - High turnout in Clontarf that can only mean that the Facebook campaign has come of age?
- 1:41 PM Simon McGarr - 2 Joe Higgins No 1s that I know of while I was there. #le09
- 1:42 PM omegar24 - Helping my grandmother vote. Great fun was had. #le09
- 1:42 PM Jnisbet - Just been to rds count centre, all in hand for tomorrow! Bring on the tally! #le09
- 1:42 PM jack_in_dublin - Voted. Struck by some questionable tactical impulses when I got to the booth… It’s done now though. Vote now if you haven’t already! #le09
- 1:42 PM fustar - Back from voting in JFK national school. Highlight? Misshapen bust of JFK sharing small table with cardboard fort full of plastic soldiers.
- 1:42 PM fustar - Folk handing out ballot papers looked at our cards and said, “Oh, they’re a ‘D’”. Hmmm….
- 1:42 PM Simon McGarr - Turnout in Artane/Whitehall running at 30% approx at 6.40pm. Voting hall looked steadily busy. Exit pollster at the door. #le09
- 1:44 PM Bazalini - Hope Fine Gael will wipe the floor with Fianna Fail
- 1:44 PM yelofmail - just got back from voting, fought 800 years for independence so we can vote for a bunch of muppets gave Fianna Fail a vote for Euro Elect
- 1:44 PM nickybyrneoffic - im off to vote in the local and european elections ! Cmon Fianna Fail !!!
- 1:44 PM J_Ketch - Government parties Fianna Fail & the Green Party didn’t come to my door during the campaign so I couldn’t tell ‘em to Clear Off, Hop It!
- 1:45 PM Dan sullivan - Never thought I’d vote for SF that high on the ballot but with so many FFers and pseudo indo FFers it simply had to be done. And in a choice between Ferris and Sinnott…
- 1:45 PM Dan sullivan - For reference in 1999 Artane total poll was 32%! in 2004 it was 54%.
- 1:45 PM Simon McGarr - Eamon Gilmore‘s name is a handicap when it comes to tracking him on Twitter Search. Gilmore Girls have many more voluble fans than he does.
- 1:47 PM Philip_Casey - Dublin Central. Ivana Bacik leaving Brunswick St polling station as I was going in just before lunch. Steady trickle of voters. #le09
- 1:47 PM simon_ryan - There’s a very lonely figure of a man outside my office trying to convince people to vote for Ivana Bacik. People are avoiding the poor guy.
- 1:48 PM CllrSarahRyan - Just voted for eoin Ryan mep!!!
- 1:48 PM conall - There’s a billboard sized Mary Lou McDonald circling Dublin city, run for your lives!
- 1:48 PM Mary Farrell - Here’s hoping FF and the Greens are wiped out. C’mon people of Ireland don’t let me down!
- 1:49 PM EvertB - @schregardus Kathy Sinnot will get my EU vote. Local vote is toss-up between Tony Sheary & Michael O’Maera. Both independents.
- 1:49 PM boctweet - @DerekGillespie2 Ganley said he’d resign as leader if he doesn’t get a seat. Here’s hoping! (sensible people in the West)
- 1:49 PM jregan2008 - Feck the people of Galway and their high turnout which can only help Darth Ganley
- 1:49 PM E_line - @Haagseperikelen hoge opkomst in het district van Declan Ganley. We wachten af… Veel kilts een heel veel schapen daar, dat zeker!
- 1:51 PM LE09_PO - Over 55% turnout here and still the busiest 2 hours to go. All well there? Kisses to all. XXXXX
- 1:52 PM LE09_PO - Over 55% turnout here and still the busiest 2 hours to go. #le09
- 1:53 PM Locals09 - By @gomaonaigh Turnout at 40% in Our Ladys NS in Goatstown, Dublin South at 1640. George Lee outside looking worried #-le09
- 1:53 PM chiarraigrrl - @Brianmk1 George Lee FTW, sir. (wishing I was in Dublin South, this evening…)
- 1:56 PM imurphy - About to go to vote. If not informed about your area’s candidates check out electionsireland.org Send a msg or reward talent? #le09
- 1:56 PM cianflah - @Tupp_Ed plenty in Stillorgan too. Oddly dundrum cited as reason. Robbing local business. #le09
- 1:56 PM eoinpurcell - @Tupp_Ed I gave him [Joe Higgins] a 4 for his personal integrity though I dispise his policies!
- 2:00 PM dermotcasey - Mum (presiding officer in South Tipp) reports via text that she is “MANIC buzy”. Haven’t heard that in previous elections
- 2:00 PM dermotcasey - @headrambles Saw election posters taken down last weekl. Real nice guys taking them down on behalf of another party
- 2:00 PM brettmirl - @damienmulley @eoinpurcell STUPID regulation! What about the poor feckers on the islands? They vote,then are subjected to a moratorium #le09
- 2:01 PM RTE_Elections - There are now just hours left of polling, with stations due to shut at 10pm
- 2:02 PM Stephen Spillane - RT @headrambles: Fianna Fail admit defeat?: tinyurl.com #le09
- 2:03 PM cianflah - Delighted by reports of high turnout. Don’t care if that is good or bad for FF. Tho I suspect it’s not a great sign.
- 2:03 PM sazzybm - I find that hard to believe
- 2:10 PM RTE_Elections - Sinn Fein is now tipped to emerge as the largest party for the first time in any Northern Ireland election
- 2:20 PM damienblake - Turnout v strong in Letterkenny. Last booth I got report on likely to hit 65%. #le09
- 2:20 PM damienmulley - Heh, people are googling asking whether they should vote for fine gael or labour
- 2:20 PM gracefaace - In an attempt to to make me twitter page less about studying…VOTE FINE GAEL!
- 2:20 PM janeymacaroni - Fairly sure I just saw Gay Mitchell (or an excellnt lookalike) standing beside a posterboard of himself at the side of the dual carriageway
- 2:21 PM onenewidea - Just seen Gay Mitchell and Richard Bruton on the north strand road.
- 2:21 PM madden_john - Who to vote for? Sinn Féin for local maybe, and DeRossa for Europe? Don’t know. Fianna Fáil aren’t getting a single vote though. Not one.
- 2:23 PM barrydignam - @colmb Just don’t vote for Caroline Simons on the Euro election ballot. Libertas aren’t contesting the local elections.
- 2:23 PM barrydumonde - @WillStLeger Caroline+Simons = Gee+Bag
- 2:23 PM CoyoteTrax - Ugh, I’m not having a good day. Despite skewing the elections. Remember Irish-people, Libertas are the new Dustin!
- 2:24 PM RTE_Elections - Voting is said to be steady in Meath, with Kells and Athboy averaging 45% and Trim at 34%. Overall turnout is expected to be 55% to 60%
- 2:24 PM brettmirl - @jack_in_dublin You’ve a right mixed bag to pick from. Christian Solidarity and People Before Profit too! #le09
- 2:24 PM jack_in_dublin - @brettmirl Won’t be giving Christian Solidarity and People Before Profit a preference. #le09
- 2:24 PM CatholicSwag - The Christian priority responsibility, in order: 1)Life 2)Family 3)Social Justice 4)Global Solidarity
- 2:25 PM Stephen Spillane - saw plenty of people going into greenmount national school to vote, while walking #le09
- 2:26 PM LE09_PO - The Guards were in earlier, “everything alright? Grand so. See ya.” 1 minute tops. #le09
- 2:28 PM _ep09 - By @ubfid @LE09_PO About the same here (Berrings, Co. Cork) one hour ago #le09 #-ep09
- 2:30 PM Simon McGarr -
- 2:30 PM Simon McGarr - The grab-a-bike scheme didn’t quite get into the ground fast enough for a happy Green Minister pre-election photo-op. Ray Burke would never have let that happen.
- 2:30 PM cianflah - @Tupp_Ed plenty in Stillorgan too. Oddly dundrum cited as reason. Robbing local business. #le09
- 2:31 PM Simon McGarr - @Cianflah the internal workings of that centre are closer to Tallaght’s The Square than any functioning modern shopping centre.
- 2:31 PM Simon McGarr - @cianflah little or no natural light, claustrophobically poor ceiling heights. Bad, corridor-heavy layout. Confusing, undistinguished levels.
- 2:31 PM Simon McGarr - @cianflah And has turned its back on the actual village of Dundrum so totally it might as well have dug a moat. Dundrum Town Centre indeed!
- 2:33 PM cianflah - @damienblake what was it in 04 and 07? #le09
- 2:33 PM naoisen - Excellent news as my new favourites The Idle Toad Party take a seat in Lancashire #le09 I shit you not! tinyurl.com
- 2:33 PM cianflah - @Tupp_Ed Harvey nicks is a horror if that’s a new town centre I want out.
- 2:33 PM cianflah - @Tupp_Ed it reminds me of that game show the crystal Maze without the bald dude. An awful spot to be sure. Good reason to vote joe.
- 2:33 PM dagda - Cabra West has about %47 turnout, estimated to go up to %55 by 10 tonight. #le09
- 2:34 PM RTE_Elections - 8:30: Turnout in the South East is running at about 48%. South Tipperary is the highest at 50%, while Wexford Town has the lowest at 43%
- 2:36 PM damienblake - Turnout v strong in Letterkenny. Last booth I got report on likely to hit 65%. #le09
- 2:36 PM JimserM - been run off my feet for last while. 46% at 8pm #le09
- 2:36 PM chistorra - @keithnolan Thats the mistake of the Election officials. Make a written complaint to the local city/county council #LE09
- 2:36 PM LE09_PO - The Guards were in earlier, “everything alright? Grand so. See ya.” 1 minute tops. #le09
- 2:37 PM naoisen - Excellent news as my new favourites The Idle Toad Party take a seat in Lancashire #le09 I shit you not! tinyurl.com
- 2:37 PM dagda - Cabra West has about %47 turnout, estimated to go up to %55 by 10 tonight. #le09
- 2:37 PM barratree - Fingal c c being ridiculously unhelpful with count #le09
- 2:40 PM Simon McGarr - Breaking news suggests turnout might equal General Election, itself the highest turnout for 15 years. url.ie #le09
- 2:46 PM RTE_Elections - Turn out in Monaghan is at 62%. Kilkenny City has had 54% of its electorate vote thus far
- 2:46 PM Simon McGarr - It occurs to me that I haven’t felt any need to flick to any non-liveblog source of information during the day. If anything was happening, I know I’d hear about it quick enough.
- 2:50 PM krayZpaving - Looking forward to count. My prediction: @labour doubles MEPs & gets 15-20% more council seats. Great result. #le09
- 2:50 PM Mark_Coughlan - Read 237 press releases. Got off work. Hung round polling stn for candidates. Nada.
- 2:51 PM pedro_pyjamas - @Mark_Coughlan Get yer camera ready. Don’t want to miss any opportunity.
- 2:54 PM abigailrieley - Most places seem to be reporting a 40 to 60 per cent turn out. Is that high or low? #le09
- 2:54 PM BrianGreene - congrats to the joe higgins team. 3or4 comrades and a cast of hundreds of non party members! this vanguard can organise #le09 #ep09
- 2:54 PM Simon McGarr - @votejoehiggins @briangreene As a matter of curiosity, what was your total expenditure for the campaign, approx? #le09
- 3:00 PM LE09_PO - 1 hour to go. #le
- 3:01 PM Christine Bohan - At the 2004 local elections FF got 32% of first preferences and won 302 seats. I’m gonna go wild and predict a loss of 50 seats 2moro #le09
- 3:04 PM sazzybm - Less than an hour left.
- 3:04 PM RTE_Elections - Around half of the 820,000 people entitled to vote in the South constituency in European elections are estimated to have cast their votes
- 3:06 PM RTE_Elections - Limerick and Waterford cities are both reporting turnout at around 50%, although it is lower Cork City. Cork County is ranging from 45%-55%
- 3:07 PM RTE_Elections - Around Nenagh in Tipperary, turnout is estimated at 65% and 50% in other parts of the county. Tralee & Killarney in Kerry are averaging 50%
- 3:08 PM RTE_Elections - There is just under an hour left in which to cast your vote, if you haven’t already
- 3:15 PM RTE_Elections - Two extra polling booths had to be brought into a station in Bundoran, Co Donegal, today due to lengthy queues
- 3:19 PM aoifecarroll - Dublin central tally set up & ready to rock in the RDS in the morning #Le09
- 3:19 PM PeterTanham - Just had a good old vote. Turnout in greystones (north wicklow) is 51% so far #le09
- 3:19 PM JimserM - 50.5% turn out at 9pm, things calming down in polling station now #le09
- 3:21 PM BrianGreene - malahide howth 2004 turnout was 57% & 58% my projections are worked out on it being the same, until i know 2009 turnout #le09
- 3:21 PM BrianGreene - just noticed that 9 candidates in malahide howth in 2004 didnt get elected. I’m the only one to run again. #le09
- 3:23 PM RTE_Elections - The average turnout across Dublin at 9pm was 39.9%. Cabra/Glasnevin had the highest at 53.5%, with the North Inner City on a low of 25%
- 3:33 PM LE09_PO - Observations entering the last 30 mins: 1. Yes, it has gotten cold. 2. Yes, it’s a long day. 3. Yes. All papers go in the same box. #le09
- 3:35 PM RTE_Elections - Longford Town’s turnout stands at 59.9%. Granard is at 45.8%, Drumlish 48.7%, Newtownforbes 41% and Tarmonbarry 49.5%
- 3:36 PM RTE_Elections - In Westmeath, turnout in Mullingar stands at 50%. Athlone is at 45%
- 3:39 PM RTE_Elections - Voting in many parts of the North West constituency has picked up considerably since 6pm
- 3:41 PM Stephen Spillane - RT @TheMikeKelly: If you haven’t voted yet hurry! #le09
- 3:41 PM Stephen Spillane - Well the 4 votes in this house went FG. I wonder why?? #le09
- 3:42 PM thedeadone - voted. A lot of people coming and going from the voting centre. #fb
- 3:42 PM podge09 - hope we all voted today
- 3:42 PM SuShiMat - @JustLiveOnline @Dj_Phat I voted
- 3:42 PM Mark_Coughlan - Was down at polling station earlier. Spotted candidate “chatting to friends” yards from the door with Vote No1-Me bodge on.
- 3:43 PM RTE_Elections - The highest turnout could be in Bundoran where 75% on the register had voted shortly before 9pm. The final turnout could be around 80%
- 3:43 PM tomjsflynn - encourages everyone to buy today’s grauniad for the brilliant centrefold of a guard (misspelt) in a polling station on Inishfree.
- 3:44 PM nonsequitir - @adrianweckler FWIW with eVoting, MIT are working on a combined paper/web-based system that has better security than either separately
- 3:45 PM irishelection - Half looking forward to election results to see how badly FF got pummelled. Half dreading that they won’t be. (via @janeruffino)
- 3:48 PM BrianGreene - 7pm green party seemed under orders to be taking down their posters while voting continued. “it looks good” to quote a sitting Cllr. #le09
- 3:50 PM VoteJoeHiggins - @Tupp_Ed for euros approx 30k. Not sure for locals.
- 3:51 PM BrianGreene - ok stripping down the car PA and car branding. packing IT for count. #le09
- 3:55 PM aoifecarroll - Last polling station is Sean MacDermott Street with a turnout of just under 40%#Le09
- 3:55 PM deebdublin - lost #le09 liveblog link – any helpers please? #le09
- 3:55 PM Suzy Byrne - Caused a mini clean up of polling station as there were candidates material in three of the polling booths #le09
- 3:57 PM PeterTanham - Just had a good old vote. Turnout in greystones (north wicklow) is 51% so far #le09
- 3:59 PM eoinbannon - Will be tweeting tallies from Longford count centre tomorrow. Hopefully tallies wont take all day like at last GE #le09
- 3:59 PM elliottucker - @ann_donnelly No beer at polling station, but that would certainly be a good cure for voter apathy!
- 4:00 PM magicgumdrop - @sutton_pd @keithnolan And remember, voting for your local tinfoil hat candidate is expected when it gives Libertas and SF your 92nd pref
- 4:00 PM ihwright - Was exit polled for the first time in my voting life today. My #1 in the euro elections “doing very well” according to the pollster.
- 4:01 PM Stephen Spillane - polls are closed #le09
- 4:02 PM RTE_Elections - Polls have just closed in the Local and European elections and the two Dáil contests in Dublin. Indications are that polling was steady
- 4:03 PM ScottDeBuitleir - CRÍOCHNAITHE!!! (DONE!!!) #LE09
- 4:09 PM Simon McGarr - Should I shut the Liveblog too? Opinions, please.
- 4:09 PM RTE_Elections - Only 43% of people eligible to vote in Northern Ireland cast their ballots – down from the figure of 52% at the last Euro election
- 4:10 PM Fergal Crehan - Maybe ait until we get a decent figure for %age turnout nationally before shutting it down?
- 4:11 PM aoifecarroll - Well that’s it folks! The people have spoken…I wonder what they said #Le09
- 4:12 PM Suzy Byrne - You starting tomorrows one now or later @ Simon? Can you set timing on it to Irish Time when starting it etc.?
- 4:12 PM RTE_Elections - Although counting will not begin until Monday up North, early unofficial tallies suggest the DUP has suffered a major hit
- 4:16 PM deebdublin - @magicgumdrop trouble is its much harder to know who the tinfoil hat candidates are these days. it has become a spectrum.
- 4:16 PM deebdublin - Anyone have any details about where DLR Co Council #le09 count is and Dublin south bye-election count? or how to get in to it? its been a while since i was at a count and i’d love to go #le09
- 4:16 PM RTE_Elections - Wicklow’s turnout was averaging 52%, with some parts of the county up to 60%. In Wexford, turnout varies from 50 to 58%
- 4:16 PM Suzy Byrne - Dee – the DLR Co Council is in Loughlinstown – Dublin South By Election is in RDS
- 4:18 PM josephdelaney - Any idea when any exit polls will be out? #le09
- 4:20 PM RTE_Elections - One of the biggest polling stations in Sligo Town had a final turnout of 60%, but in Tubbercurry the final turnout was as high as 70%
- 4:21 PM RTE_Elections - Counting of votes will begin at 9am in the morning
- 4:24 PM Fergal - Where is the fabled blogger HQ going to be? #le09
- 4:34 PM cianflah - At a table with four higgins #1 votes. He has personal appeal for sure. But scale of it makes me wonder #le09
- 4:34 PM frydnes - Vote counting does not begin until 9am tomorrow morning. So many differences from Norwegian elections! #le09
- 4:37 PM LE09_PO - Box and papers finally collected, day over. Presiding Officer signing off. #le09
- 4:47 PM EoinRyanMEP - Thanks to all who voted for me! It will be an interesting count!
- 4:56 PM faduda - Truth in advertising? (pictured on Dublin quays this evening #le09 faduda.ie
- 5:06 PM jack_in_dublin - @deirdredeburca I think you did well on the online front. Certainly influenced my vote. #le09
- 5:08 PM Simon McGarr - The time is taken from the blog. I’ll do my best to try to replumb it. Curtain falls soon here.
- 5:40 PM damienblake - Nearly every polling booth I’ve heard back from is over 60% – including a 69.8%. Apparently. #le09
- 6:11 PM CllrKeithMartin - Waiting for the dawn! (via @CllrKeithMartin) #le09
- 6:11 PM swearimnotpaul - We ended up on 68% #le09
- 6:21 PM Christine Bohan - This page from RTE shows the highest and lowest turnouts from the 2004 locals, just as a guideline for comparing tomorrow’s figures. Lowest was the North Inner City in Dublin with 42.3%, highest was Ballinamore in Leitrim with 76.3%: www.rte.ie #le09
- 5:52 PM Simon McGarr - To join in go to www.scribblelive.com or add #le09 to the end of your twitter tweets.
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