What remedies are available in the first instance?
Ireland
- Re-run the election
- Cancellation of election
- Declare the candidate or party ineligible or eligible
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1993/en/act/pub/0028/print.html
Presidentialelections act, 1993
24. (6) The decision of the High Court on an appeal under subsection (2) shall be complied with by thepresidential returning officer and, where it rules that a person purported tobe nominated as a candidate at the election concerned is not eligible forelection to the office of President or was not duly nominated as suchcandidate, the presidential returning officer shall, on the resumption of theruling on nominations, rule the nomination of such candidate to be invalid.
(7) Where arising from a decision of the High Court noperson stands duly nominated as a candidate at an election, section 28 shall apply.
28.—Where at the closeof the ruling on nominations no person stands nominated as a candidate at theelection, the presidential returning officer shall so inform the Minister, thepresidential election order concerned shall be deemed to be revoked and a freshelection shall be held in accordance with this Act and the Minister shall assoon as practicable make a presidential election order for the purposes of thefresh election.
