Prince Charles jokes that Cork's new Lord Mayor was fortunate to escape 'looking after him'

Prince Charles joked with Independent Councillor, Mick Finn, that he was fortunate to escape "looking after him" when they met at the civic reception in Cork City Hall yesterday.

By Olivia Kelleher

A councillor who will this evening become the new Lord Mayor of Cork said that Prince Charles told him that it was fortuitous that his arrival into office came the day after the royal visit to Leeside sparing him a baptism of fire.