Organisation: General Council of County Councils

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Irish support for victims to reach €20m

IRISH efforts at fundraising for victims of the tidal earthquake in South East Asia are expected to pass the €20 million mark this week, as people pledge financial support on Irish aid lines.

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Planning objection fees may be illegal

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Register contains 300,000 'ghost voters'

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Local elections drew 400,000 extra voters

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GOAL appeal for skilled personnel for Asia disaster

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More gardaí ‘to fight rise in road deaths’

Election analysis shows men still dominate the chamber

MEN are still the dominant force in local councils with just 23 extra women elected in the June elections, a six point drop on the growth in the previous local election.

Fri, 06 Aug, 2004

Taxpayer foots E3m bill for ousted councillors

TAXPAYERS will have to pick up the tab for a E3 million “consolation prize” that will be paid to hundreds of councillors who lost their seats or retired before the June elections.

Mon, 12 Jul, 2004

Councillors defend €116m rise in expense payments

COUNTY councillors and local authority managers yesterday defended the increase in expenses paid to them over the past decade, totalling €116 million.

Fri, 11 Jun, 2004

‘Levy must be waived for first-time buyers’

A LOBBY group for rural development demanded yesterday that the new development levy be waived for first-time buyers setting up home in country areas.

Thu, 11 Mar, 2004

Councillors ‘off health boards from June’

NEWLY-ELECTED councillors will not be appointed to health boards after June’s local elections, Health Minister Micheál Martin confirmed yesterday.

Thu, 15 Jan, 2004

Benchmarking bill

THE cost of benchmarking payments by local authorities will be immense. For Cork County Council alone it will total €12m.

Mon, 05 Jan, 2004

Our leaders look after themselves

OIREACHTAS members have set a very poor example on benchmarking.

Thu, 20 Nov, 2003

Political pamplets preserved for posterity

JAMES JOYCE is going back to the National Library today but not as we know him. This time the National Library does not have to pay €12.5 million for the writer’s manuscripts like they did last year.

Thu, 14 Aug, 2003

€25m councillors’ bill defended

THE General Council of County Councils (GCC) yesterday defended the €25 million bill for county councillors’ expenses and allowances last year.

Fri, 25 Jul, 2003

Councillors paid €35,000 a year

MOST of the country’s councillors earned at least €35,000 in expenses and other allowances last year.

Fri, 18 Jul, 2003

Councils need more women, body told

THE nature of county councils is stopping women from entering local politics, a major conference was told over the weekend.

Mon, 02 Jun, 2003

Recycle or be charged €700, warns Cullen

HOMEOWNERS have to pay 700 a year in waste charges unless they recycle their rubbish, Environment Minister Martin Cullen warned yesterday.

Sat, 31 May, 2003

Fine Gael plan gives more power to councillors

A RADICAL new plan to give more powers to local councillors and give directly-elected mayors 100,000 a year is being drafted by Fine Gael.

Thu, 06 Mar, 2003

€1m payout to TDs ‘not compensation’

ENVIRONMENT Minister Martin Cullen has insisted that a €1m payout to TDs forced to give up their council seats is not a form of compensation.

Thu, 19 Dec, 2002

Cullen bid to stamp out planning corruption

LOCAL authority officials and councillors will be forced to reveal their interests in property and business from next month as part of a drive to stamp out planning corruption.

Mon, 16 Dec, 2002

County councils urge Govt to publish spatial strategy

The General Council of County Councils has urged the Government to immediately publish its national spatial strategy following the release of preliminary census figures today.

Wed, 24 Jul, 2002

Minister proposes fifth Irish province

A junior government minister has proposed the reinstatement of the five provinces of Ireland.

Sat, 27 Jan, 2001