Tributes paid to Cllr Dan Joe Fitzgerald who ‘put the public first in everything’

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has led tributes to one of his party’s most popular county councillors, Dan Joe Fitzgerald, who has died after a short illness.

He described Mr Fitzgerald as “a man of great personal warmth and a gentleman to his core”.

Mr Fitzgerald was first elected to Cork County Council in 1999, and was still a member when he passed away at Marymount Hospice on Tuesday night.