A Fianna Fáil county councillor has criticised his party for its local election strategy and says he won’t be seeking re-election.

CAMPAIGNERS fighting for new planning laws in west Cork have arranged two public meetings to collect case studies of bizarre planning decisions for review by the county manager.

PROTESTERS who staged a sit-in at Cork County Council headquarters last Monday have vowed to strike again if they don’t get firm commitments from councillors to make planning guidelines less restrictive in west Cork.

HISTORY was made yesterday when, for the first time, a paraplegic became a member of Cork County Council.

FIANNA FÁIL has been accused of abandoning a large swathe of west Cork by failing to replace one of its county councillors who resigned last summer.