First-time Cork City councillor Laura Harmon to run for Labour Party in general election

Ms Harmon will be hoping to win back the Cork South Central seat held by former Labour TD Ciarán Lynch from 2007 to 2016

Laura Harmon was elected to Cork City Council in June after securing 11% of the vote in the city’s South West local electoral area. Picture: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

The Labour Party has selected first-time city councillor Laura Harmon to contest the next general election in Cork South Central.

Ms Harmon, who has a long track-record of campaigning on housing, education and equality, will be hoping to win back the seat held by former Labour TD Ciarán Lynch from 2007 to 2016.