Voting gets under way in Dublin Bay South by-election

The vote follows weeks of campaigning in the race to succeed ex-Fine Gael minister Eoghan Murphy in the constituency.

A Sinn Féin election worker puts up a poster of Dublin Bay South by-election candidate Lynn Boylan outside Leinster House. Picture: PA

Voting in the Dublin Bay South by-election is now under way.

Polls opened at 7am and will close at 10.30pm, before the count begins on Friday.