Sinn Féin has expelled one councillor and suspended another, following an internal party review.

Kieran McCarthy from Cobh has been expelled from the party, while Melissa Mullane from Mallow has been suspended for a year.

Sinn Féin will not say why the pair have been suspended - but says it follows an internal review into the organisation of the party in Cork.

Both councillors had expressed an interest in running in the next general election, and were pushing for the party to run two candidates in Cork East.

The party already has one TD - Sandra McLellan - in the four-seater constituency.