SF to rerun Cork South Central convention after tie

Two Sinn Féin councillors who want to contest next year’s general election in Cork South Central will have to go head-to-head again after a selection convention ended in a draw.

Cork city councillor Chris O’Leary, who is based in Mahon, and Togher-based Cork county councillor Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, were tied after almost 100 party members voted at the weekend.

The process will be re-run after the party’s ard fheis in Derry in March.