The three largest parties were virtually neck-and-neck heading into the vote, according to the latest opinion poll.

The Irish General Election 2024 will be held this Friday, November 29 - here, an overview of the major political parties running candidates. What parties are running in the Irish General Election 2024?

Ireland is voting in a parliamentary election that will decide the next government. It also will show whether Ireland bucks the global trend of incumbents being ousted by disgruntled voters.

Some 174 seats across 43 constituencies in Ireland's parliament are being contested. The vote will close at 10pm with counting getting under way on Saturday morning.

Ireland goes to the polls on Friday with the incumbent coalition parties neck-and-neck with opposition party Sinn Fein after a campaign marked by rancour over housing and cost-of-living crises.

The polls have opened for the 2024 General Election, as the people of Ireland get the opportunity to vote in the next Government.

Voters head to the polls this morning for a General Election which will set the political landscape in Ireland for the next five years.

The polls are set to open for the Irish general election. Polling stations will be open between 07:00 and 22:00 local time on Friday to allow voters to choose representatives to serve as Teachtaí Dála (TDs) in the Dáil, the lower house of the Oireachtas (Ireland's parliament).

The 2024 general election is upon us and The Irish Times has you well covered from polling day all the way through to the final results as the 34th Dáil is formed. We are likely in for a long weekend before we have a clear idea the 174 TDs who will make up the next Dáil but there are some key times when matters should become clearer.