Candidates will find TD seat challenge difficult, says Howlin

IT WILL be very difficult for any defeated candidate to challenge the seat of a sitting TD following the latest Supreme Court ruling, former Environment Minister Brendan Howlin claimed yesterday.

The Supreme Court ruled before the weekend that any candidate could challenge the seat of a sitting TD in the High Court if that politician had exceeded their election spending limit.

Three candidates who were narrowly defeated in the election said they may challenge the result in their constituencies if any TD is found to have overspent. These include: Wicklow Labour councillor Nicky Kelly; Cork South Central Independent candidate Kathy Sinnott and Kildare North Fianna Fail candidate Paul Kelly.