Taoiseach Leo Varadkar In Cork Today To Turn Sod On New Affordable Housing Development On Boherboy Road

Following that he's set to canvass in Cork North Central with Fine Gael by-election candidate Senator Colm Burke

It comes as 12 candidates are to officially contest the Cork North Central by-election at the end of the month. 

The Echo reports 13 candidates had put themselves forward before the nomination process closed at 12 noon yesterday but one, Sean O'Leary, an engineer from Rossbrook, Kerry Pike, has already withdrawn.

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