First instance body dealing with electoral disputes

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1992/en/act/pub/0023/print.html#sec21

The Electoral Act 1992

PART XIX

Rules for the Counting of the Votes

125.—(1) Any candidate or the election agentof a candidate may, at the conclusion of any count, request the returningofficer to re-examine and recount all or any of the papers dealt with duringthat count, and the returning officer shall re-examine and recount such papersaccordingly without making any alterations in the arrangement of the papers inthe various parcels, save where such alterations may be necessary inconsequence of any error discovered in the recount. Nothing in this subsectionshall make it obligatory on the returning officer to re-examine or recount thesame parcel of papers more than once.

PART XXI

D?il Election Petitions

132.—(1) A D?il election may, and may only, bequestioned by a petition to the High Court.