Met Éireann weather forecast for Ireland for the week ahead with cold snap to return
Search
23 Feb 2026
Search
23 Feb 2026
Please allow ads as they help fund our trusted local news content.
Kindly add us to your ad blocker whitelist.
If you want further access to Ireland's best local journalism, consider contributing and/or subscribing to our free daily Newsletter .
Support our mission and join our community now.
To continue reading this article, you can subscribe for as little as €0.50 per week which will also give you access to all of our premium content and archived articles!
Alternatively, you can pay €0.50 per article, capped at €1 per day.
Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism!
Details of the severance payments for outgoing councillors in Co Louth have not yet been made public.
A spokesman for the council told the Dundalk Democrat that it would be a number of weeks before this information will be made available as it had not yet been addresssed by the council.
It emerged yesterday, Monday, that incoming Mayors will see their salaries reduced by as much as 60% under new measures planned by the Environment Minister Phil Hogan. The amount paid to mayors in smaller counties will be capped at €20,000.
Incoming county councillors will see a €4,000 per annum cut in expenses availab le to them under the new plans.
Currently councillors can claim up to €4,700 per annum but this will be capped at €700.
Also it is proposed that details of all expenses payments will be published on the council websites every three months.
Subscribe or register today to discover more from DonegalLive.ie
Buy the e-paper of the Donegal Democrat, Donegal People's Press, Donegal Post and Inish Times here for instant access to Donegal's premier news titles.
Keep up with the latest news from Donegal with our daily newsletter featuring the most important stories of the day delivered to your inbox every evening at 5pm.
This publication supports the work of the Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman, and our staff operate within the Code of Practice of the Press Council. You can obtain a copy of the Code, or contact the Council, at www.presscouncil.ie, Lo-call 1800 208 080 or email: info@presscouncil.ie.
