Political pact puts mayoral double out of reach for Sinn Féin in Cork

The Sinn Féin party will have to resign itself to being unable to secure a city and county double, with mayoral chains, in Cork for the next 12 months.

Political pact puts mayoral double out of reach for Sinn Féin in Cork

Cllr Chris O’Leary had been elected last Friday week as lord mayor of the city.

But with a pact between Fianna Fáil and independent councillors on Cork County Council, the party will not have sufficient numbers to take the chain of office in County Hall.

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