Council leader wants closer links with city

BUILDING greater co-operation between two local authorities is to be a priority of a newly elected council leader in Limerick.

County council chairman Cllr John Gallahue said he wants to develop a working relationship with his city counterpart, Mayor John Gilligan.

Elected yesterday, Cllr Gallahue (FF) was first elected to the council nine years ago as an independent. He is a former lecturer at the Limerick Institute of Technology where he was also chairman of the governing body for a number of years.