Possible Clues:

• Irish county fellow accepting extremely light civic office
• City leader's term of office
• Office a Tory left, sacked after a month
• After springtime exam, finally get key civic office
• Graduate meeting royalty unexpectedly in town office
• Irish county chap accepting lieutenant for civic office
• Test in springtime thankfully ends in elected office
• Top town hall office girl left in a Tory shake-up
• County railway opened by key found in public office
• This position in town may start to be spoken