Fine Gael looks certain to extend its lead over FF

The Irish Times | May 27, 2009| | Copyright

COUNTY COUNCIL PROFILE: CORK: THE FOCUS on the local elections to Cork County Council will be on whether Fine Gael will improve on its performance in 2004 to move even further clear of Fianna Fail.

The party saw its vote in 2004 drop by over 1 per cent to 37.19 per cent, but with excellent vote management it increased its seats from 21 to 24 seats and with the defection of Fianna Fail's councillor Deirdre Forde earlier this year, it now holds a majority on the 48-seat council. Already holding the majority of seats in six of the nine electoral areas, Fine Gael will be hard pressed to add to ...

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