Ahern takes one third of vote in own constituency

With a fifth of the boxes opened in Bertie Ahern’s four seat Dublin Central constituency, the Taoiseach was polling around 31.5% of the vote, with Labour TD Joe Costello sitting on 14.9%, veteran independent TD Tony Gregory on 14.1% and Fine Gael’s Pascal Donohoe was running on 9.5%.

Sinn Féin’s Mary Lou McDonald had attracted 8.2% with ballot boxes in some party strongholds still to be opened, while the Green Party’s Patricia McKenna on 6.7%.