Presiding officer, Caroline Sharkey (R) helps an Islander, one of the 31 registered to vote, prepare to cast his ballot inside the polling station set up inside a bungalow, on Gola Island, off the Donegal coast of western Ireland, as voting in the Irish general election takes place on November 29, 2024. Ireland began voting Friday in a closely-fought general election with the incumbent coalition neck-and-neck with opposition party Sinn Fein after a campaign marked by rancour over housing and cost-of-living crises. (Photo by Paul Faith / AFP)