Council to vote over Barry’s honour

THE Lord Mayor of Cork is expected to have enough votes today to rubber-stamp his proposal to confer the Freedom of the City on elder statesman and tea magnate Peter Barry.

The conferring honour is usually agreed unanimously by council members, but today’s proposal will require a vote.

If follows a row over the proposal sparked by Fianna Fáil last month after they claimed the award has been conferred too frequently in recent years.