‘Quintessential FF stalwart’ Peter Callanan dies

ONE of Co Cork’s longest- serving local and national politicians, Senator Peter Callanan died yesterday.

The Fianna Fáil representative, who was in his 70s, spent 30 years in public life, with the past 10 years in Seanad Éireann.

He served on Cork County Council from 1979 until 2004, when he was forced to step down under the dual mandate rule which prevents members of the Oireachtas serving on local councils.