History made as paraplegic man joins council

HISTORY was made yesterday when, for the first time, a paraplegic became a member of Cork County Council.

Patrick Murphy, confined to a wheelchair following a car accident in Castletownbere in 1993, was co-opted onto the local authority, replacing the retired Cllr Donal Casey in the Bantry electoral area.

Cllr Murphy, 36, is the west Cork area manager of the National Learning Network, which is part of Rehab.