A family affair as TDs pick siblings to ‘guard patch’ in Cork County Council

Of the six newcomers co-opted onto Cork County Council, three are siblings of councillors elected to the Dáil.

Six councillors triumphed in the general election and had to vacate their council seats. However, three of them will have close relatives watching their home patches while they are in Dublin.

Two political dynasties have their bloodline continued in County Hall, in particular the Moynihan clan from Ballyvourney. Aindrias Moynihan (FF) won a seat in Cork North West and he is replaced on the council by his sister, Gobnait.