Voters turn out in big numbers this afternoon to select members of Tipperary County Council
Cahir Local Electoral Area
There was a surge of voting in the Cahir Electoral Area this afternoon in the Local Elections for Tipperary.
Bunscoil na Cathrach is the only polling station in the Cahir urban area.
By midday, 10.2% of an electorate of 3,521 had cast their vote at the seven-booth polling station but by 5pm, after a strong turnout in the afternoon, the figure rose to 30.62%.
There are four seats to be won in the Cahir Local Electoral Area with ten candidates going for those seats.
Overall there are 70 candidates in Tipperary seeking to win one of the 40 seats on a newly elected Tipperary County Council.