Dan Kiely wins appeal over Listowel election recount

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Dan Kiely won his appeal in the Supreme Court on 17 December 2015 over the legality of the Listowel local-election recount. The court found that disputed ballot papers marked with sequences such as 3, 4 and 5 had been treated unlawfully. It ordered all votes in the Listowel electoral area to be counted afresh and sent the matter back to the Circuit Court for supervision. Kiely had failed to secure a seat after the final count and had challenged how the returning officer handled the ballots.

The judgment did not itself declare the correct final election result. That was left to the Circuit Court after the fresh recount, which could determine the result under the applicable election law.