Fine Gael faces tough battle to hold seat in by-election in party heartland
All sides will try to downplay bad outcomes
The front-runners in the Dublin Bay South by-election have a date with fate today as counting begins to name a new TD.
Months of intensive campaigning peaked around dawn yesterday, even before the polls opened, as the key parties did early morning leaflet drops and canvassed all the main routes around the constituency.
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