Anti-austerity Alliance slams Sinn Féin on mayor

The Anti-Austerity Alliance launched a broadside at Sinn Féin last night for supporting Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in the election of Cork’s lord mayor.

Anti-austerity Alliance slams Sinn Féin on mayor

The party should have made it explicitly clear in their election material that they intended to back Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael candidates for lord mayor under the d’Hondt system, AAA councillor Mick Barry said.

Fianna Fáil councillor Mary Shields was elected mayor on Friday under the terms of a version of the d’Hondt system, which was proposed by Sinn Féin.

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