Fianna Fáil's Colm Kelleher elected Cork's new Lord Mayor in his former school

Mr Kelleher said he believes he is the city’s youngest Lord Mayor since Taoiseach Micheál Martin in 1992. 

The newly elected Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr Colm Kelleher at the Mayoral election held at Coláiste Choilm, Balllincollig. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

The new Lord Mayor of Cork has pledged to harness the drive to adapt, which emerged during the pandemic, to fight for and build a better city.

Fianna Fáil councillor Colm Kelleher, 35, was speaking after his election in a school sports hall tonight during an historic city council AGM — its first off City Hall campus.