Using an interactive map, readers will be able to easily click through to see the most up-to-date results for the local electoral area.
The Irish Independent will be the essential destination for rolling election coverage of the local and European elections, including updates from reporters at every count centre in the country.
Our team of journalists will be working today and in the coming days on all our digital platforms to bring readers the latest developments, results, analysis and video.
After an election that the pundits have found difficult to predict, our top writers will provide in-depth analysis.
And as part of the Irish Independent’s ongoing dedication to local online news, the app and website at www.independent.ie will carry rolling news updates from every county.
At least one reporter has been assigned to provide continuous updates from each area, which can be easily accessed by searching for your county on the app/website.
Using an interactive map, readers can easily click through it to see the most up-to-date results for all local electoral areas.
The coverage starts on Saturday with boxes opening at 9am so that count staff can begin the mammoth task of separating local votes from those cast in the European elections. Voters in Limerick also had a third ballot paper for the country’s first directly-elected mayor.
Our live blog will bring together tallies as the morning develops, with the first counts in the local elections likely to land in the early evening.
Readers can also expect tallies to give a good indication of how the main parties have fared in the European elections as Saturday goes on – but the results of the first count cannot be announced until 10pm on Sunday night. This is to allow voting end in other EU countries.
Counting in the Limerick mayoral elections will start on Monday.
As the political trends are revealed, the likely fallout from the election will be analysed online and in the Sunday Independent and Irish Independent in print.
On Monday, The Indo Daily podcast will assess the mood of the nation.
Editor-in-chief of Mediahuis Ireland, Cormac Bourke, said: “With a general election looming and difficult topics being debated, this campaign has felt different from what has gone before. The outcome will have major implications for every town in Ireland and we want to make sure all our readers in every corner of the country know what it means for them.”