Turnout rises across Limerick after slow start in voting for General Election 2024

VOTER turnout for the 2024 General Election has improved from a slow start as polling enters its final hours.

Despite rainy weather in the city, turnout had topped 50% in the polling station at John F Kennedy national school in the Ennis Road on the city's northside at around 7pm.

There was a 53% turnout at one boxes in St Brigid's National School at Childers Road in the city.

At Gaelscoil an Ráithín, polling officers reported it as being "steadily busy" with a consistent flow of people through the station, which is located in Mungret.

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Cllr Daniel Butler, who represents the area, wrote on X, formerly Twitter that four booths at Mungret National School were averaging a 43% turnout as of 6.50pm.

In the city centre, at St Michael's National School in Barrigton Street, there was a high of 40% in terms of turnout by 7pm.

Elsewhere in the county, attendance at the polling station at Scoil Mocheallog in Kilmallock was described as "steady" this Friday afternoon.

As of 5.30pm, there was, on average, 40% turnout in the town.

Just after 6pm, RTE News reported that the average figure for turnout across Limerick city and county is in the low 30s.

As it stands, overall turnout is set to fall on the last General Election, held in February 2020.

But polling stations in Limerick, and across Ireland remain open until 10pm, so a late surge could change all of that.