Patricia Madden wins fresh ICA election order

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Patricia Madden secured declarations and a fresh-ballot order from the High Court in a judgment dated 4 October 2018 concerning procedural irregularities in the Irish Countrywomen’s Association’s 2018 national election. The court found that motions passed at an April EGM and May AGM breached the ICA Constitution.

Ms Justice Ní Raifeartaigh ordered that a fresh ballot be held and counted within two months, while the existing National Executive Board remained in place to manage the organisation’s ordinary business. The judgment found that the second ballot was unlikely to represent the ICA’s complete democratic will because some guilds may not have voted after believing the election had been cancelled.