Near tie between three main parties in Irish election - exit poll

An Irish national election exit poll on Saturday showed the three main parties on an almost identical share of the vote. The exit poll showed the centre-right Fine Gael of Prime Minister Leo Varadkar on 22.4%, left wing nationalists Sinn Fein on 22.3% and centre-right pre-election favourites Fianna Fail on 22.2%.

Statistically the result is a dead heat, national broadcaster RTE, which commissioned the poll, said.