A surprise name turned up on a ballot paper in Kildare North...

Tallymen monitoring ballot papers being counted in the Kildare North constituency got a laugh out an addition to the list of candidates.

Tens of thousands of the sheets are being processed at the Count Centre in Punchestown all day.

And as the local authority staff beavered away, one tallyman spotted a new name added to the list of 14 candidates.

"McGREGOR, CONOR" was scribbled at the top of the list and a 'No 1' in a box was also drawn by the mischievous voter.

The UFC champ is actually living in the constituency now as he is  moving into a new luxury €2m home on the grounds of the K Club.

The mixed martial arts star splashed the cash on the plush new property in the Ladycastle estate on the grounds of the five-star resort.