Requirement to hold a hearing

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

The Electoral Act 1992

PART XXI

D?il Election Petitions

132.— (7) At the trial of a petition the HighCourt shall determine the matter at issue in the petition and, if it does notdismiss the petition, shall, where appropriate, include in its orderdetermining the matter at issue either—