Pat Cox denies ‘political interference’ charge

Limerick City of Culture chairman Pat Cox has said he must accept that people think there was political influence at work in his organisation, but has denied that this was the case.

He said he wanted to press the “reset button” after his former political advisor, Patricia Ryan, resigned as chief executive of the organisation — a role she had been appointed to without public competition.

He said he would not be speaking about the controversy again as his board wanted to get on with rescuing the situation.