POLLING STATIONS HAVE OPENED AROUND THE COUNTRY, AS VOTERS PREPARE TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

WE'LL KNOW WHO THE NINTH PRESIDENT OF IRELAND IS BY TOMORROW NIGHT, OR SATURDAY AT THE LATEST.

VOTERS ARE ALSO BEING ASKED TO DECIDE WHETHER TO IMPLEMENT  TWO CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDA.

OVER 240 POLLING STATIONS ACROSS CO MAYO ARE OPEN SINCE 7 THIS MORNING, AND WILL REMAIN OPEN UNTIL 10 O'CLOCK TONIGHT.

TAOISEACH ENDA KENNY WILL BE RETURNING HOME TO CASTLEBAR TODAY TO CAST HIS VOTE AT ST PATRICK’S NATIONAL SCHOOL.

THE TAOISEACH IS ON HIS WAY BACK FROM BRUSSELS WHERE A DEAL WAS HAMMERED OUT OVERNIGHT, WHICH - ITS HOPED - WILL CALM THE EUROZONE DEBT CRISIS.