Union: Members won’t work with councillor until he apologises

IMPACT trade union has ordered its members working in Galway City Council not to co-operate with a local councillor who, they allege, bullied both an authority director and the city manager.

The trade union has also demanded a code of practice preventing elected representatives from bullying local authority workers.

The councillor in question, Pádraig Conneely, admits he did call the director of service and the city manager “wastes of space” during a debate on the handling of the water crisis in Galway, which saw people without water for six months.