PICTURES: First day of mayoral count as candidates and supporters wait nervously

THE COUNTING of votes for the directly elected mayor of Limerick began at Limerick Racecourse on Monday. 

Tallies compiled at Limerick Racecourse on Saturday suggest the former secretary general at the Department of Finance, John Moran, will be way out in front when the first preference vote is announced today.

Mr Moran looked to be picking up first preferences in healthy numbers across the city and county as the mayoral election papers emerged from ballot boxes on Saturday.