It is the only event in town over the weekend.
Media coverage of the general election will be comprehensive - even overwhelming.
TV3 is an exception. It will stick to regular programming apart from three 10 or 15 minute-long election bulletins at 11 a.m. 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. today in addition to the normal news bulletins at 5.30 p.m. and 11.30 p.m.
Tomorrow, it will feature an interview with the Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, on its Agenda programme at 6 p.m.
Extensive coverage is planned on RTÉ radio and television.
Television coverage today runs initially from 8 a.m. until 9.05 a.m. and continues from 12 noon until the lunchtime news at 1 p.m. It continues throughout the afternoon from 3 p.m. - with news bulletins at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. - until approximately 3 a.m. It resumes from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. tomorrow.
Prime Time and news presenters will be involved in the television broadcasts, including Miriam O'Callaghan, Brian Farrell, Bryan Dobson, Mark Little, John Bowman and David Davin Power.
RTÉ's Radio 1 coverage kicks off at 7 a.m. with a special edition of the Morning Ireland programme which runs until the 9 a.m. news. Radio coverage resumes at 10 a.m. with Rodney Rice and Saturday View.
From 1 p.m. presenters Seán O'Rourke and Rachael English will present a marathon session of results, analysis and interviews until early tomorrow morning.
Tomorrow, radio coverage will resume at 11 a.m. and continue until the This Week programme at 1 p.m.
Ireland's first rolling news station, Newstalk 106FM, plans an election fest. Its co-ordinator, Dmitri O'Donnell, says election coverage in full starts at 10 a.m. with Damien Kiberd who will be looking back at the electronic voting constituencies, including interviews with the winners and losers.
There will be rolling coverage which includes Mr Kiberd, George Hook and Declan Carty until "the wee small hours". The format includes discussion topics such as women in politics.
The Irish Times will publish a 16-page election results supplement on Monday.
