Kerry local election recount date set for February

A date has been set for a new count of almost 15,000 votes cast in the May 2014 local election district in Co Kerry, in which a former senator narrowly lost out on being elected.

The ‘count afresh’ of the Listowel Municipal District is the first time in the history of the State such a decision has been ordered.

It will now take place on February 10 at the John Mitchels GAA clubhouse in Tralee, the original venue for the election count.