Grandmother: Laughing Anglo bankers made me run

The Anti-Austerity Alliance Cork City councillor and grandmother Lil O’Donnell said a combination of anger at the shocking revelations in the Anglo tapes and the introduction of the water tax, compelled her to run for election.

She took the fourth seat in Cork City’s North Central ward, where Labour Lord Mayor Catherine Clancy was ousted.

Ms O’Donnell’s win and the election of two other AAA councillors on the northside, along with the city-wide decimation of Labour, means there are more anti-austerity councillors on the northside than government councillors.