An extra 60,000 people have joined the electoral register ahead of next week’s presidential election.
Figures from An Coimisiún Toghcháin, Ireland’s independent electoral commission, also show a further 30 thousand people have updated or amended their details.
It follows voter-registration drives at Electric Picnic, the National Ploughing Championships, other public events and third level campuses.
Brian Dawson from the electoral commission says it means over 3 and a half million people are now registered to vote:
