O’Malley refuses to back call for boundary extension to city

JUNIOR Minister Tim O’Malley yesterday rejected a call by the Mayor of Limerick to join the four other Limerick East TDs in backing a proposal to have an independent committee decide on the city’s boundary extension demand.

Mayor Diarmuid Scully said Mr O’Malley was the only TD in the constituency out of line on the issue, refusing to support the initiative.

Mr O’Malley hit back saying one bigger council to administer both city and county was the way forward rather than a change of boundary between the two existing city and county councils.