Councillor on honeymoon standby for mayoral vote plot

A Fianna Fáil councillor was on call to come back from his honeymoon after a plot was hatched to prevent Fine Gael retaining the office of mayor of County Cork.

A number of independent councillors decided to try and oust FG from the top seat and earlier in the week had won backing from FF. They also had SF on board, but still had to rely on Labour councillors yesterday to get a majority.

Phone calls were made late last Friday to woo Labour members, but they fell on deaf ears, so Cllr Seamus McGrath (FF) was able to carry on with his honeymoon.