If local councillor John Murphy gets his way, the people of Fermoy could be extending a warm ‘Croeso’ to their Welsh counterparts. Cllr. Murphy wants Fermoy Town Council and other interested local bodies to consider twinning with a town in Wales.

At the recent meeting of Fermoy Town Council he pointed out their close proximity and said that, if they were to promote tourism in the town, they needed such an initiative.

He gave the town of Monmouth as an example of a place similar in size and demographics to Fermoy. Cllr. Noel Barnes was supportive of the idea if it’d bring tourists to Fermoy. So too was Cllr. Colette Dolan-Moore. It was agreed to investigate the matter further.