The Sinn Féin mayor of Kerry Toiréasa Ferris is expected to face heavy criticism at today's monthly meeting of Kerry County Council, because of her refusal to condemn the shooting of Det Garda Jerry McCabe.
Two separate emergency motions are expected to be put before the council today. Fine Gael's Johnny O'Connor is proposing a motion of no-confidence in Ms Ferris, following her refusal on RTÉ and on local media to condemn the killing of the detective garda in Adare in 1996. In a counter proposal, agreed at a special meeting of FF councillors this weekend, Fianna Fail's Paul O'Donoghue will attempt to widen the censure to include the Sinn Féin party and its stance on the shooting.