Call for mayors’ remuneration to be increased

A former mayor of Clare said yesterday that remuneration of mayors should be increased to fund proper research and back-up for holders of the office during their one-year term.

Councillor Christy Curtin (Ind) finished his term as Clare mayor last June and new figures from the county council show he was one of the highest earners in the €900,000 shared out by the authority’s 32 councillors last year.

The local authority has placed on its website details of the payments to each councillor, including payments for meetings, conferences and summer schools attended by each councillor.