FF braced for heavy losses after high turnout

THE high voter turnout for yesterday's local and European Elections could well result in Fianna Fáil suffering heavy losses.

As polling stations around the country closed at 9pm, estimates put the national turnout at 55%, some 5% higher than 1999.

Party workers at polling station across Dublin where the turnout was 37% in the 1999 elections tallied the turnout at between 40%-45% with significant increases in areas such as Ballyfermot, Ballymun, and Corduff/Mulhuddert.