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In Pictures: Voters and a pug cast their ballots in the Irish General Election

Turnout is expected to play a vital role in this year’s General Election – even the furry kind.

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Polls opened at 7am on Friday for voters to decide who will form Ireland’s next government.

Some 174 seats across 43 constituencies in Ireland’s parliament, the Dail, are being contested.

The vote will close at 10pm with counting expected to start on Saturday morning.

A woman lifts up a young girl so she can put a vote in a ballot box
A young girl helps put a vote in the ballot box at St Anthony’s Boys’ School, Beechwood Park, Ballinlough, in Cork (Jacob King/PA)
A woman holds up an un-ticked ballot paper with her pet pug under her other arm
Ms Higgins holds up a ballot paper with Chico still under her other arm (Niall Carson/PA)
Michael D Higgins and his wife speaking to staff overseeing voting
Mr Higgins and his wife Sabina speak to staff overseeing voting at St Mary’s Hospital (Brian Lawless/PA)
Simon Harris's son and daughter help him and his wife drop their votes into a ballot box
Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris and his wife, Caoimhe, cast their votes at Delgany National School, County Wicklow, with their children (Niall Carson/PA)
Simon Harris and his wife hold their two children outside a voting station
Saoirse is five years old while Cillian is aged three (Niall Carson/PA)
Mary Lou McDonald faces a wall of photographers and reporters as she dropped her vote into the ballot box
Ms McDonald faces a wall of photographers and reporters as she dropped her vote into the ballot box (Brian Lawless/PA)
Mr Martin speaking to the media as he casts his vote
Mr Martin speaking to the media as he casts his vote at St Anthony’s Boys’ School, Beechwood Park, Ballinlough, Cork (Jacob King/PA)
A woman in a white coat drops her vote into a ballot box
Voter turnout is expected to be a crucial factor in this General Election, with several opinion polls putting the three biggest parties within touching distance of one another (Brian Lawless/PA)
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