In a historic feat, Baby Pereppadan on Friday became the first Indian-origin mayor of South Dublin County Council in Ireland. He was elected as the mayor after Fine Gael, Fianna Fail, Labour and Independents made up the ruling alliance in the council and supported his nomination. This comes almost two weeks after Pereppadan was elected … Read more
In a rare event, a father-son duo, who moved to Ireland nearly 24 years ago from Kerala, won seats from south Dublin region in local council polls held in Ireland on June 7. While Baby Pereppadan, who became the councillor for the third time, won from Tallaght South as a Fine Gael candidate, his son … Read more
Ireland’s two main coalition parties — Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil — are on course to thump Sinn Fien in local council elections held on June 7. With results of almost half of 949 seats declared, Prime Minister Simon Harris’ Fine Gael and his main coalition partner Fianna Fail each had secured 23% of the … Read more