A Fianna Fáil county councillor who had to pay Revenue €778,416 for under-declaring income tax and Vat will not be seeking to retain his seat at the forthcoming local elections and could be replaced on the local authority by the chairman of the GAA’s Cork County Board.

Reducing the number of councillors in West Cork is a blow to local areas, says Sean O’Riordan

VOTERS in Ireland’s least populous county are three times better represented by local politicians than in more populous areas of Cork, according to statistics released yesterday.