The polls have closed in the Republic of Ireland's general election.
Turnout is believed to be close to 70%. There are 566 candidates contesting 165 seats in the Irish parliament.
The ballot was called a few months after the ruling coalition negotiated an 85bn-euro (£72bn) EU/IMF loan package. Divisions had emerged in the ruling coalition between Fianna Fail and the Green Party.
The first results are expected early on Saturday afternoon.
The turnout in this election is believed to have been significantly higher than the 62% that voted in the 2007 general election.
Large numbers of voters in urban and rural areas turned out since polling stations opened at 0700 GMT on Friday.
Voting in one polling station in Salthill in Galway city was disrupted briefly when part of the floor in the assembly hall of St Enda's National school began to buckle. BBC News
