First time ‘Sherlock’ not on ballot in 40 years

IT will be the first time in 40 years that the name Sherlock hasn’t appeared on a local election ballot paper in Mallow.

The late Joe Sherlock was a town councillor, county councillor and TD and then his son took over the mantle.

In 2004, Sean Sherlock topped the poll for Labour with 3,184 first preference votes (25.32% of the poll) and was elected on the first count ahead of FF’s Mallow-based businessman Dan Joe Fitzgerald who got 2,571.