Irish sport images provided by Inpho Photography unless otherwise stated. News images provided by Press Association and Photocall Ireland unless otherwise stated. For more information on cookies please refer to our cookies policy. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at PH: (01) 6489130, Lo-Call 1890 208 080 or email: note that TheJournal.ie uses cookies to improve your experience and to provide services and advertising. TheJournal.ie supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and the Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice. (He mentioned those lines about vote increases in all constituencies in the Euros and about being the first governing party in 20 years to increase councillor numbers a couple of times – so look out for those Fine Gael talking points for the rest of the weekend). On the local elections Fine Gael may not be making the kind of gains the party had hoped for a few months ago, Varadkar said – adding that the final seats in many areas would come down to transfers. He said the result of the Green Party sends “a very strong message for all of us in politics, that the public want us to accelerate the actions we’re taking on climate”. “We’ve won the European elections, increased our vote in all the constituencies and I think we will probably increase our numbers of councillors as well – the first governing party in 20 years to do that.” “There are big differences between opinion polls and elections we’ve seen that on many occasions,” Varadkar said. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said that mid-term elections were always difficult for governing parties. TheJournal.ie’s Daragh Brophy is at the Citywest count centre and has more on the Taoiseach’s comments to reporters: Oh, and the exit poll shows we’ll certainly pass the divorce referendum.The Fianna Fáil leader has other worries on his mind, however, with a worrying trend among the exit polls showing young people abandoning the party.Speculation is mounting that Cork city may have voted against having a directly-elected mayor, and Micheál Martin has hit out at the government for its handling of the plebiscite.As the afternoon goes into the evening, however, we should start to see counts coming in thick and fast. Counts are under way in earnest in some areas, but not in others with counting not set to start in Donegal until tomorrow for example.The exit poll has shown that the Greens may win seats in all three Euro constituencies, with Fianna Fáil in big trouble in Midlands North West.My colleague Cormac Fitzgerald has taken a look at why Ireland has gone green in this year’s elections. You’ll have heard about the Green surge at this stage.Here’s a little refresher to get you up to speed: Welby is the first, but we’re expecting more official announcements soon with counts under way in earnest in many areas across the country.
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