‘Urgent’ action call to allow direct election of mayors

“Urgent” action is needed if Government plans to hold a vote on directly-elected mayors in Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Waterford are to go ahead, a confidential Cabinet memo states.

The memo, seen by the Irish Examiner, also reveals that Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has been criticised by Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe for repeatedly failing to bring forward costings to allow the plebiscites to go ahead.