Judge to adjudicate on disputed votes in Tralee

The first count afresh in the history of the State has been suspended to allow representatives of candidates in the May 2014 Listowel Municipal District election seek the adjudication of a Circuit Court judge.

The count got under way at the John Mitchels GAA stadium, the original venue, in Tralee early yesterday, after a Supreme Court ruling and a Circuit Court order after a legal challenge against Kerry County Council.

Around 15,000 papers have been re-mixed and sorted and over 300 doubtful ballots identified.