Former Cork lord mayor Mick Finn announces bid to run for Dáil seat

Mick Finn said that Cork often gets 'left behind when it comes to big projects', as he announced a bid to run in Cork South Central

Former Independent councillor Mick Finn speaking at the launch of the Glen Resource and Sports Centre Wellness Room last May. Picture: Darragh Kane

Former lord mayor and Cork city councillor Mick Finn is set to run for a Dáil seat in Cork South Central.

Mr Finn, 52, who stood down as an Independent city councillor after 15 years just before the local elections in June, will run as an independent candidate in the same constituency which is represented today by Tánaiste and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin; former finance minister and Ireland’s nominee to the EU Commission, Michael McGrath; former Tánaiste and Fine Gael TD Simon Coveney; and Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, the party’s spokesperson on social protection.