Labour selects Euro candidate

The former Cork County Council chairwoman, Ms Paula Desmond, was yesterday selected to contest the European elections for Labour…

The former Cork County Council chairwoman, Ms Paula Desmond, was yesterday selected to contest the European elections for Labour in Munster. Ms Desmond, a solicitor and county councillor who lives in Carrigaline, defeated Senator Brendan Ryan of Labour by 105 votes to 65 at the selection convention in Cork.