Candidate considers court action after own mistake

A LOCAL election candidate who mistakenly registered to stand for election in the wrong area is considering taking a High Court challenge.

Independent Cork City councillor Annette Spillane, said last night that having reviewed her nomination papers, she accepts the mistake was hers.

Ms Spillane – who has held a seat in the city’s north east ward since 2004 – discovered on Monday that she has been mistakenly registered to contest the June 5 election in the neighbouring north central ward.