Business sector backs overhaul of local government

LIMERICK’S business community has fully backed proposals for the revamp of local government.

The city’s Chamber of Commerce has particularly focused on a finding, in the Limerick Local Government Committee report, that €20 million in savings could be achieved by having one local authority in the Limerick region.

Backing proposals drawn up by a committee chaired by Denis Brosnan, the president of Limerick Chamber, Kieran Mac Sweeney, said: “The chamber’s number one priority was that any changes to the local government structure would deliver a city of sufficient scale that will allow it to reach its full potential, so that it would become a driver of growth and development throughout the entire region. We believe the report delivers this.”