‘Sickened’ councillor leaves Labour

A well-known Labour councillor has quit the party, saying it has abandoned the very people it was supposed to represent.

Cllr Jerry Mullally, who has served as a county councillor and town councillor in Cork, wrote to the leader and general secretary of the Labour Party tendering his resignation as of yesterday and signalling his intention to run as an independent in the local elections.

The news is another significant blow for the party, coming just 24 hours after the mayor of South Dublin, Dermot Looney, quit, saying he was sickened by “its implementation of the austerity agenda”.