A new Mayor of Killarney is set to announced on Friday.

A meeting will take place around 12 noon on Friday – shortly before this week’s Killarney Advertiser hits the newsstands.

The Killarney Advertiser understands that a pact has been made with independent candidates and they will seek the majority control of Killarney Municipal District council for next five years.

It is understood that mayoral duties will be shared between the five independent public servants that were elected earlier this month.

The role will be passed to each candidate based on their results in the recent local elections.

In those elections a whopping 72 per cent of those that voted gave first preference votes to independent candidates.

As a result Maura Healy-Rae will wear the ceremonial chain for the next 12 months and she will hand over to Martin Grady this time next year. Grady will assume the role of Deputy Mayor for the next year.

It will be both candidates first time holding mayoral positions.

The remaining three years will be shared between Brendan Cronin, John O’Donoghue and Niall ‘Botty’ O’Callaghan depending on their finishing position in the recent elections.

As a result of the pact, Niall Kelleher and Marie Moloney, both of whom held mayoral positions during the lifetime of the previous council , will lose out this time around.