Battle with pneumonia forces mayor to resign

ILLNESS has forced Labour’s Fiachra Ó Ceilleachair to resign as mayor of Dungarvan two months before his year-long term was due to end.

Cllr Ó Ceilleachair, who became mayor last June, has been struck down with double pneumonia, and in his letter of resignation to town clerk, Joe O’Flaherty, said he is looking forward to resuming his position as an elected member of the council as soon as he is well enough to do so.

“In the time that remained of my mayoral term, a substantial amount of it would have been taken up by a recovery process which would have hindered my availability,” he said.