A new Mayor of County Cork will be selected on February 24 by which time it may be clearer as to who will replace three county councillors who have won seats in the Dáil.

A FORMER school principal has been elected Mayor of Co Cork, while for the first time in 40 years a Labour man holds the chain of office in Kerry.

FIANNA FÁIL’S local election candidates are “afraid” to knock on voters’ doors, the main opposition parties claimed last night.