MINISTER John Paul Phelan’s plans to have directly-elected mayors in every local authority have received a setback after one of his own party colleagues called for the proposal to be “withdrawn and forgotten about”. The Fine Gael mayor of Waterford, Declan Doocey, also said he is advising constituents to vote No in next month’s poll […]
A DIRECTLY-elected mayor of Kilkenny would earn the same €93,599 salary as a TD under new plans to be discussed by ministers later today. And new directly-elected mayors would also have greater powers over important issues such as economic development and transport. The proposals have been drawn up by Kilkenny TD John Paul Phelan, who […]
LAST week on KilkennyNow.ie, the writer Michael Wolsey argued against the case for directly-elected mayors, basically intimating that they are waste of money. Michael, of course, is entitled to his opinion, but it appears his polemic was based on some inaccurate information out there about what is the most fundamental change proposed since local governments […]