City and county manager grapples with unification process

Limerick city and county manager Conn Murray is grappling with one of the most challenging tasks in local government.

Over the past year, he has been re-aligning two separate administrations — Limerick City Council and Limerick County Council.

And, after the upcoming local elections, he will face one new chamber of 40 councillors, replacing the current city (17 member) and county (28 member) assemblies.