The deadline for people to register to vote in the Presidential Election 2025 was midnight on October 7th. The final two days, ahead of the deadline, saw 26,335 applications to register or update details.

It is based on the experience of the 2024 general election in Ireland.

The Electoral Commission said it was ‘deeply concerned’ about legacy accuracy issues in registers maintained by local authorities across the country.

An Coimisiún Toghcháin, Ireland’s independent Electoral Commission, has welcomed a 29 per cent reduction in the level of spoilt votes seen in the local and European elections

Ireland’s electoral commission revealed that 108,488 ballot papers were spoiled at the last local and European elections.

The head of Ireland’s independent electoral commission has spoken to firms ahead of European polls.