Call to slash mayor’s salary to €35k

A CALL has been made for the lord mayor of Cork’s €114,200 salary to be slashed and for conference expenses to be scrapped in next week’s city council budget.

As Cork City Council prepares to cut spending in roads and housing following an €11 million drop in funding, the Sinn Féin party leader on the council said the lord mayor’s payment should be reduced to €35,000 — close to the average industrial wage.

Cllr Chris O’Leary, who is chair of the council’s finance committee, also demanded: