Fianna Fáil retains its position as the largest party on Cork City Council

Government party success comes as Solidarity's Brian McCarthy holds off Irish People Party’s Ross Lahive by 190 votes

Tánaiste Micheál Martin congratulating Tony Fitzgerald on his re-election as a councillor at Cork City Hall on Saturday. Picture: Larry Cummins

Fianna Fáil has retained its position as the largest party on the 31-seat Cork City Council.

It came as a Solidarity councillor won the dogfight against an anti-vax, anti-immigration library protester — who described himself last night as a “truth-seeker” — for the final seat in a northside ward.