A Clare Councillor is one of a number of representatives calling for a 40 per cent pay hike.
The Association of Local Goverment in Ireland is seeking the increase, which would see their income go from just over 16-thousand Euro per year, to 23-thousand, due to what it describes as a substantial increase in workload.
The recently elected President of the Association and Sixmilebridge Councillor John Crowe thinks Councillors deserve to be better paid.
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Councillor Crowe claims that it's now costing councillors to carry out work on behalf of their local communties.
