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Wednesday, 6th December, 2017. Vol. 10, Issue 49 • 63 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth
Councillors’ U-turn as budget is passed
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By Paul Byrne
A crisis has been averted in the Louth County Council chambers after the majority of councillors changed their minds and decided to pass the budget for 2018 at the second attempt. Two-weeks ago the vast majority of councillors voted against the budget with just the six Fine Gael representatives and Labour’s Pio Smith supporting the motion to pass next year’s budget. That motion was ultimately comprehensively beaten by 21 votes to 7 with disgruntled councillors apparently protesting not only about the budget but also a lack of communication from council officials. Sinn Fein’s Tomás Sharkey went as far as to call the council ‘dysfunctional’. After the vote was taken attempts were made to adjourn the meeting to a later date but this idea was shot down by the majority of councillors present. This effectively meant that the powers of the council would be dissolved and handed over to Minister Eoghan Continued on Page 2
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