Council leader resigns in port board vote row

A MAJOR split among the 12 Fianna Fáil members on Limerick County Council led to the snap resignation at the weekend of the group leader, Cllr Kevin Sheahan.

An emergency meeting of the group has been called for tonight to investigate the absence of three of the Fianna Fáil members from a crucial vote last Thursday in which Cllr Sheahan was ousted from his position as the council’s representative on the Shannon Foynes Port Company.

One of the absentee FF councillors was Cllr Noreen Ryan, who was added to the Fianna Fáil general election ticket in Limerick East to run with Defence Minister Willie O’Dea and Peter Power, TD.