Maternity Leave to be introduced for Councillors
County Councillors across the north west will be given the right to maternity leave for the first time under plans going to Cabinet this morning. Councillors throughout the country including those in Sligo, Leitrim and Donegal will be able to select a substitute to do the job including casting…
Local councillors’ expense claims probed in RTE investigation
A Leitrim councillor who was among a number of councillors investigated by the RTE Investigates programme in relation to the claiming of expenses says he erred in completing a claim and has since refunded the €355 involved. Another former councillor from Sligo did not respond to queries from RTE Investigates,…
County councillor now almost a fulltime job, says Fitzmaurice
City and county councillors will get an 8,000 euro a year pay rise from the 1st of July. Cabinet Ministers will be asked to approve implementation of the Moorhead report today, which recommends a 50 per cent pay rise. They’re currently paid just over 17,000 euro a year – but…