Fianna Fáil selects Cork city councillor Tony Fitzgerald to stand in general election

Tánaiste Micheál Martin congratulates Tony Fitzgerald on his re-election to Cork City Council in June. Picture: Larry Cummins

Fianna Fáil has added veteran Cork city councillor Tony Fitzgerald to the ticket to contest the general election in Cork North Central, which has increased from a four to a five-seater.

It has also added Margaret Kenneally to the ticket in Cork South Central to run alongside the Tánaiste and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, and Cork county councillor Seamus McGrath, brother of the former finance minister and now EU commissioner, Michael McGrath.