Government's directly elected mayors plan likened to Mayor Quimby from The Simpsons

The Government's plan to introduce directly elected mayors has been likened in the Dáil to the corrupt Mayor Joe Quimby in the popular cartoon series 'The Simpsons'.

Government's directly elected mayors plan likened to Mayor Quimby from The Simpsons
Wed, 27 Mar, 2019 - 17:14
Daniel McConnell

The Government's plan to introduce directly elected mayors has been likened to the corrupt Mayor Joe Quimby in the popular cartoon series 'The Simpsons' in the Dail.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar faced questions from opposition TDs yesterday in the wake of an

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