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Last February, a motion was put before the Galway City Council that would see rowdy councillors punished for unruly behaviour by stopping their pay and withdrawing services.

Last week’s dramatic mayoral election summoned to mind the pithy observation of former US president Dwight D Eisenhower: “A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”

The annual charade that occurs on the eve of the Mayoral election in Kilkenny caused controversy once again this year as Fine Gael’s David Fitzgerald was given the title following a voting pact with Fine Gael and Labour at Kilkenny Borough Council.

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