Under the current Elections Act a candidate who is not affiliated with a political party can only describe themselves on the ballot as Independent or "No Affiliation" and cannot describe themselves in terms of an existing political party.
The most prominent of these was Charles Gavan Power who resigned from Cabinet over the issue.
In the current Fifth Republic and under the multi-party system, candidates are no longer identified by this manner.
Independent Liberal is a description once used in British politics to denote a form of non-party affiliation.
Since the Registration of Political Parties Act 1998 came into force, a candidate for election can no longer be described as an "Independent Liberal" on a ballot paper, as the 1998 Act prohibits any description which could cause confusion with a registered political party.