Election appeal set for Supreme Court

An appeal surrounding the counting of ballots of a local election poll in Co Kerry has been lodged with the Supreme Court — and it is believed to be the first such appeal in the history of the State.

The protocol surrounding questionable or spoilt votes and the acceptance of number 3 as number 1, number 4 as number 2 and so on in Listowel, Co Kerry, are among a number of issues that the Supreme Court will be asked to determine.

Papers were lodged last week by the former Fianna Fáil senator Dan Kiely and his legal team, barrister Elizabeth Murphy along with solicitor Paul O’Donoghue who was also a former Fianna Fáil Kerry County councillor.