It's been a slow day at the polls overall across Longford, Leitrim and Roscommon.

Carrick-on-Shannon residents have been expressing their delight with the news.

Voters have been going to the polls in the presidential election since 7 o'clock this morning and stations will remain open until 10 o'clock tonight.

The Sligo-Leitrim deputy says one of his grandfathers was a commander of the IRA in north Roscommon, and was a Sinn Féin councillor.

Soldier F, who can't be named, has been on trial at Belfast Crown Court.

Catherine Connolly is on 44 per cent in the poll and Heather Humphreys is on 25 per cent.

The 87-year-old was found dead outside his house in Rooskey in January 2020.