FF-led alliance to control council mayor seat

Fianna Fáil has cobbled together an alliance with Labour Party and Independents to ensure a county mayoral pact for the next five years of Cork County Council. A new Mayor of Cork County is to be elected today, with one of the front-runners, Frank O’Flynn from north Cork.

Despite Fine Gael securing 20 seats, Fianna Fáil with 18 seats will manage to control the 55-seat council. The horsetrading for mayoral seats got underway in earnest just days after the election and Fine Gael made a number of overtures to different parties to try and gain the balance of power.