Sinn Féin/Fine Gael plan Cork County Council pact

A potential pact between Civil War enemies has surfaced in Cork County Council, with Sinn Féin and Fine Gael coalescing in a move which may seriously worry Fianna Fáil — the party which currently has control over the local authority.

To further compound the shifting of political alliances, a thus-far “gentle war of words” over ownership of the 1916 commemoration was fought out between previous Republican bedfellows Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil.

Several eyebrows were raised during a vote on filling a council representative position on the board of University College Cork.