€6k bonus to chair 10 meetings a year

Some councillors will earn around €300 an hour each if they chair meetings of the eight new, municipal districts in County Cork.

Each chairman will receive a payment of €6,000 a year to oversee 10 meetings of each of the municipal districts, which were brought in to replace town councils.

On average, each meeting lasts two hours. Over the five-year term of the council it would mean that €240,000 will be expended on chairmen’s allowances.