Cork town ends twinning with Polish municipality due to anti-LGBT+ stance

Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr Mary Linehan Foley is joined by Clive Davis, Cork LGBT+ Pride Festival Chairperson, at Cork County Hall, as she raises the rainbow flag in celebration of Cork PRIDE. Picture: Brian Lougheed

A municipal district council in North Cork has become the first in Ireland to terminate a twinning agreement with a Polish counterpart because of the latter's anti- LGBT+ stance.

Fermoy Municipal District Council has terminated its twinning with the Polish municipality of Nowa Deba, despite a plea from that municipality's mayor that it would hold off on severing the pact.