#Elections2019: Mary Rose Desmond becomes first sitting county councillor to be elected in the newly-expanded City Council

Fianna Fáil councillor Mary Rose Desmond has made history after becoming the first sitting county councillor to be elected in the newly-expanded Cork City Council.

She was elected on the sixth count in the Cork South-East local electoral area (LEA), receiving 2,294 votes. She is the second councillor elected to the LEA after Fine Gael’s Des Cahill.