Dublin, Cork and Limerick elect lord mayors

CITIZENS of the country’s three main cities had new lord mayors elected last night.

In Dublin Labour Party’s Paddy Bourke assumed the chain of office.

The Artane father-of-three received 31 votes, which beat off Sinn Féin’s Robert Sargent (10 votes) and Fine Gael’s Naoise O’Muiri (nine votes).