Activist was well-known for anti-drugs activities

TOM HANLON secured a 14% share of first preferences and the second seat on Passage West town council with his 243 votes in the 1999 local elections.

However, on the same day six years ago, he failed to be elected to Cork County Council in the Carrigaline electoral area.

Mr Hanlon, listed in election literature as a painting contractor, has also been an anti-drug activist. With an address at St Joseph’s Terrace, Rockenham, Passage West, he did not stand for re-election last summer.