We have to put power back into local politics. This puts power back into the act of voting. That would be good for all of us writes Colette Finn, Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork.
Great article. As much as the general public is against paying huge salaries to elected politicians, local representatives in councils are not paid enough while their workload is significant, so they tend to have a second job just to make ends meet.
On top of it all, expectations from local communities are often unrealistic, in part because the average person does not know enough about how decisions that might affect a local council are made.
Great article. As much as the general public is against paying huge salaries to elected politicians, local representatives in councils are not paid enough while their workload is significant, so they tend to have a second job just to make ends meet.
On top of it all, expectations from local communities are often unrealistic, in part because the average person does not know enough about how decisions that might affect a local council are made.