Voting has begun in the General Election.

Polling stations opened at 7 o'clock this morning and will staying open until 10 o'clock tonight.

3.25m people are eligible to vote to elect the 32nd Dáil and 552 candidates have put themselves before the electorate.

There will be 158 seats in that Dáil - one of which has already been filled by the Ceann Comhairle of the previous Dáil, Sean Barrett, who will retain his seat in Dún Laoghaire.

Voting is open to Irish and British citizens over the age of 18. Polling cards have been issued but voters will not need to have them in order to vote - they can find out details of their local polling station at checktheregister.ie.

They can then attend the polling station with some photo ID - and have their say on who should take a seat in the next Dáil.