Councillors condemn process as SF wins seat

SINN FÉIN gained an extra seat on Cork City Council last night despite a row over procedures for filling vacant seats.

Two of the council’s 31 seats were filled last night — one Fine Gael seat left vacant following Cllr Colm Burke’s move to Europe as an MEP, and one independent seat left vacant following the death last month of Cllr Con O’Connell.

But a row flared up just before the co-option of the candidate to fill Mr O’Connell’s seat.