Live: Dublin Central and Galway West byelection results

James Cox and Eva Osborne

Dublin Central

Galway West

Ballot boxes are being opened following the Galway West and Dublin Central byelections.

The process of counting votes in two closely-watched byelections begins on Saturday morning.

Two new members of the Dáil will be elected in the process after voters in parts of Galway and Dublin went to the polls on Friday.

They chose from a a range of candidates to fill the seats vacated by Catherine Connolly when she became president, and former minister Paschal Donohoe, who left political life to become the World Bank’s chief knowledge officer.