Ireland general election underway

Name: Ireland general election underway
Uploaded: 2011-02-25T06:39:49.000Z
Description: More than three million voters in the Republic of Ireland are set to go to the polls later in the country's first general election since it was bailed out by the EU and the IMF.

This video can not be played

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.

More than three million voters in the Republic of Ireland are set to go to the polls later in the country's first general election since it was bailed out by the EU and the IMF.

Voting begins at 0700 GMT and finishes at 2200 GMT. Polls opened on some of the country's islands on Wednesday.

There are 566 candidates fighting in 43 constituencies for 165 seats in the Irish parliament (Dail Eireann).

Chris Buckler reports.

Europe

25 February 2011