Income and expenses of town councillors to be made public

TOWN councillors in Killarney are to have their income and expenses published “to take the mystery” out of what elected representatives get for their services.

A motion by Labour councillor Sean O’Grady that the council publish on a half-yearly, or yearly, basis the income and expenses paid to each elected member was passed unanimously at this week’s council meeting.

The councillor said he put down the motion in the interests of transparency and felt the council should not be awaiting for journalists to get the information under the Freedom of Information Act.