Former minister John Perry in High Court bid to be put on Fine Gael ticket

Fine Gael will today face claims in the High Court that party headquarters has acted unfairly in blocking former minister John Perry from defending his Dáil seat.

The Sligo-Leitrim TD will make a last-ditch attempt to overturn an election selection convention result which has barred him from being put on the party ticket. He says a “technical error” at the party’s election selection convention recently has prevented him running.

He was beaten in the election selection process by just a handful of votes, but says some of his supporters were prevented on the night from voting for him.