The new Mayor of Kerry is Fine Gael Councillor, Bobby O'Connell (pictured left). Selected today at Kerry County Council's inaugural meeting following the June 5th election, the Castleisland Councillor was deemed Mayor after winning eighteen votes to seven with two abstentions. Independent FF Councillors Michael and Danny Healy Rae backed Councillor O’Connell, despite having previously supported Fianna Fail. Labour Councillor, Tralee's AJ Spring, was elected Deputy Mayor. Cllr. O'Connell is the first Fine Gael Mayor of Kerry since 1989 and he has sited unemployment as one of the biggest issues he has to tackle while in office. Fine Gael and the Labour Party have now formed an alliance, giving them a majority in the Council which was previously under Fianna Fáil's control, with support from the Healy-Raes.
Friday 19 June 2009
Cllr. Bobby O'Connell selected as new Mayor of Kerry
The new Mayor of Kerry is Fine Gael Councillor, Bobby O'Connell (pictured left). Selected today at Kerry County Council's inaugural meeting following the June 5th election, the Castleisland Councillor was deemed Mayor after winning eighteen votes to seven with two abstentions. Independent FF Councillors Michael and Danny Healy Rae backed Councillor O’Connell, despite having previously supported Fianna Fail. Labour Councillor, Tralee's AJ Spring, was elected Deputy Mayor. Cllr. O'Connell is the first Fine Gael Mayor of Kerry since 1989 and he has sited unemployment as one of the biggest issues he has to tackle while in office. Fine Gael and the Labour Party have now formed an alliance, giving them a majority in the Council which was previously under Fianna Fáil's control, with support from the Healy-Raes.
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