Limerick’s new directly elected mayor coming into 'weak' system

Report also suggested there is a danger of 'gridlock' in policymaking

In 2019, the people of Limerick City voted in favour of creating the role of directly elected mayor.

Limerick’s new directly elected mayor “must be sufficiently resourced and empowered” to be able to make a difference but is coming into a “system of local government which remains, comparatively speaking, weak”, a report has suggested.

The report from two senior parliamentary researchers for the library and research service of the Oireachtas also suggested that there is a danger of “gridlock” in policymaking when the mayor is separately elected and not elected by the council.