Fianna Fáil help ensure Ferris survives as mayor

FIANNA FÁIL yesterday came to the rescue of Kerry Sinn Féin mayor Toiréasa Ferris by ensuring a Fine Gael no confidence motion in her was defeated at Kerry County Council’s meeting.

Embattled Ms Ferris last year won the mayoralty through a "technical arrangement" involving FF, SF and the two Independent Healy-Rae brothers a deal that ensured her survival as mayor yesterday.

The motion arose from Ms Ferris's controversial Late Late Show appearance during which she refused to condemn the shooting dead of Detective Garda Jerry McCabe in Adare in 1996. The motion was defeated, 12-8, with five abstentions.