THE voting is over, now the counting begins.
The Tralee Electoral Area candidates are facing into a nervous weekend as the ballot boxes were opened this morning over in the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre.
The ballot boxes from the 143 polling centres throughout the county will have to be sorted, separating the European election votes from the local election ballots.
The European papers then go to Cork to be counted there.
The John Mitchels GAA Complex in Ballyseedy will be the venue for the counting of votes for the Tralee and Listowel areas, while the counting of votes in the Killarney and South and West Kerry areas will continue in Killarney.
First counts are not expected to get underway until about 6pm at the Mitchels Complex and TraleeToday.ie will be there later to bring you updates throughout the evening and night.
The count is likely to continue on Sunday.
