The judge said Dr Cora Stack was seeking a change in the law 'so as to make it easier for her to secure a nomination'. Photograph: Kerry County Council livestream

On the eve of presidential polling day, a last-minute bid for a High Court judicial review of the nomination process has been refused permission to proceed, after the court found Dr Cora Stack’s case made “entirely baseless” and “unstateable” claims.

Dr Stack, a maths lecturer, had sought permission to challenge what she termed the “unlawful blocking” by political parties of her and other Independent candidates from con

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