Paul Hosford: Best for John Moran and Limerick councillors to refocus and just get on with it

Local government, any level of government really, functions best when disagreements are handled with restraint, mutual respect, and a shared focus on the public good

Limerick mayor John Moran described how a minority of councillors from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have ‘consistently opposed almost every significant initiative’ he has brought forward.

Just over a year and a half ago, as John Moran was inaugurated as the first-ever directly elected mayor of Limerick, the future of local democracy in Ireland seemed very different.

The Limerick experiment, five years in the making and much-hyped, had the opportunity to be transformative not just for the Treaty City but for country’s other cities — Dublin aside.