Former Green to join Sinn Féin in council

A FORMER member of the Green Party is expected to join Sinn Féin today, which would bring that party’s representation on Cork City Council to five – just one fewer than Fianna Fáil.

Cllr Chris O’Leary, a 50-year-old married father- of-three, will be formally welcomed into Sinn Féin by its vice president, Mary Lou McDonald, at a press conference in the Metropole Hotel.

Sources close to O’Leary say that talks between himself and Sinn Féin have been going on for several months.