Possibility to appeal

Recountof votes requested by candidate or election agent of a candidate:

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

128.—The decision of the returning officer,whether expressed or implied by his acts, on any question which arises inrelation to the exclusion of any candidate under section 122 or to any ballot paper or transfer ofvotes shall be final, subject only to reversal on a petition questioning theD?il election.