Fianna Fáil says it will consider disciplinary action against Mary Hanafin, after she ignored party orders not to run in the local elections.
The former minister is running on a Fianna Fáíl ticket in Blackrock, despite party orders that she was not to stand for election.
Ms Hanafin was given nomination papers last week when the party was considering a two-candidate strategy, and ignored a later decision from the party to drop her from the ticket and run only one candidate.
In a statement this afternoon party leader Micheal Martin said his former deputy leader had been given "very clear instructions" not to submit her name.
It says she'll now be referred to an internal committee for an investigation and ruling.
Mary Hanafin says she would have stepped aside if there had been a good reason:
