Poll: Is the €130,000 salary proposed for directly-elected city mayors fair?

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has defended the €130,000 salary.

Chains of the Lord Mayor for Dublin. Image: Sam Boal Chains of the Lord Mayor for Dublin. Image: Sam Boal THIS WEEK, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced that the proposed directly-elected mayors for Cork, Limerick and Waterford will be paid €130,000.

The public will be asked to vote on whether they approve of the idea of directly-elected mayors in a plebiscite, due to happen on the same day as the local and European elections on 24 May. “The salary is at that rate because it needs to be. This will be a serious, full-time job that will require a lot of energy, a lot of drive, 14-hour days,” Coveney told The Irish Examiner yesterday.Poll: Is the €130,000 salary proposed for directly elected mayors in Cork, Limerick and Waterford fair?

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