Election duo left out in the cold

TWO high-profile county councillors accepted apologies after they were mistakenly omitted from a local authority’s new publicity magazine which was distributed in their town.

Cork county manager, Martin Riordan, met Ballincollig-based councillors, Fianna Fáil’s Mark O’Keeffe and Fine Gael’s Derry Canty to apologise for the error – blamed on confusion surrounding electoral area boundary changes.

Mr Canty has represented Ballincollig for almost 18 years. Mr O’Keeffe was co-opted on to the council to replace his father, Education Minister Batt O’Keeffe, when the dual mandate ended in 2004.