Voter turnout is low across the region in the Presidential election and blasphemy referendum.
People can vote until 10pm this evening.
out seems to be in the high single digits or low double digits across the country.
Most polling stations reporting turnout as slow and way behind what it was during the abortion referendum in May.
A noticeable feature throughout the north west so far is the small number of young people turning up to vote.
One observer in Sligo says turnover could be lower than the 2013 referendum on the future of the Seanad, which was 39% nationally.
Meanwhile, in areas in Donegal, turnout was below 5% by lunchtime.
The situation is much the same across the west, north-west and the south – Roscommon, Leitrim and Longford are reporting at around 8-12 per cent – when they were at 17 or 18 at the same time in the last referendum.
However, returning officers are still expecting an evening rush as people finish work for the bank holiday weekend.
