Council tributes following death of senator

CORK county councillors adjourned a scheduled meeting yesterday as a mark of respect to former colleague, Senator Peter Callanan, who died suddenly, on Sunday, at his home in Innishannon.

However, before adjourning, many tributes were made to the pipe-smoking 74-year-old who served on the local authority from 1979 to 2004.

FF party leader on the council, Alan Coleman, said the senator’s death was very sad and proposed a vote of sympathy to his wife, Sheila, and family.