Management posts to be halved under council merger plan

A masterplan unveiled yesterday for the unified Limerick city and county councils provides for the halving of management posts in the new authority.

The new administrative area will be named the Limerick City Metropolitan District.

The plan, drawn up by a group headed by former Kerry Group chief Denis Brosnan, sets the course for unification of both councils up to the election of a single authority in mid-2014.