Another O’Keeffe for Cork County Council
The O’Keeffe dynasty lives on in local politics, as Deirdre O’Brien is following in her father Ned O’Keeffe’s and brother Kevin’s footsteps having last...
McCarthy ‘not playing blame game’ after election failure
Unsuccessful Fine Gael candidate in the recent general election in Cork East, Cllr Noel McCarthy has said he won’t play the blame game following...
TJ Rea – a businessman and farmer
TJ Rea from Mitchelstown is putting himself forward as a candidate to fill the Fianna Fáil Cork County Council seat.
As a married man with...
Race for vacant Fianna Fáil seat hotting up
Chairperson of the Fermoy Fianna Fáil Cumann, Liam McLaughlin has put his name forward to fill the vacancy in Fermoy Municipal Authority within Cork...
Deirdre O’Brien to contest Fianna Fail seat
Deirdre O’Brien confirmed to The Avondhu this week that she will be putting her name forward to fill the seat in Cork County Council...
Grand Coalition
The 32nd Dáil meets for the first time this Thursday and – a fortnight after the election - it seems impossible to discern the...
Sad farewell to Cllr Dan Joe Fitzgerald
Cllr Dan Joe Fitzgerald of Mallow, one of the longest serving members of Cork County Council passed away on Tuesday of this week in...
TJ Rea to contest Fianna Fáil council seat
In the wake of the election results, well known Mitchelstown man TJ Rea, confirmed to The Avondhu that he will be putting himself forward...
Kathleen Lynch loses seat as AAA-PBP triumph in Cork North Central
Labour’s Kathleen Lynch relinquished the seat she has held in Cork North Central since 2002 to AAA-PBP’s Mick Barry last weekend, in a setback...
All politics is local
All politics is local, the late Tip O’Neill reputedly said. That’s especially true in a country as small as Ireland.
Local concerns often influence the...
