FF-PD council alliance under threat over chairperson row

AN alliance between Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats on Limerick County Council is under threat in a row over the lucrative chairperson’s position - which carries an allowance of almost €40,000.

Cllr Brigid Teefy, PD, was elected chairperson last June, for a one-year term, with FF support.

Ms Teefy only got the job, however, when her name was drawn from a hat - after a FF councillor broke ranks and voted for a Fine Gael candidate.