A well-known Carlow councillor has left Labour to become an Independent representative.
Will Paton’s decision leaves Willie Quinn as the party’s sole person on the county’s local authority, with one (Tomás Breathnach) too in Kilkenny.
Cllr Paton told council colleagues at their monthly meeting last evening.
And on The KCLR Daily this morning he outlined how he came to his decision and of his plans to run in the Local Elections – hear his conversation with our Brian Redmond here;