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New Mayors for Ennis and Shannon amid political argument

He waThe towns of Shannon and Ennis have new first Citizens after some political argument last night.

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Councillor Greg Duff will serve as Shannon’s Mayor for the last year of the Town Council with Fine Gael’s Vincent Coleman as his deputy after a power sharing pact between Fine Gael and Independent Councillor Patricia McCarthy broke down.

In Ennis meanwhile, Fine Gael Councillor Mary Coote Ryan has become the last Mayor  – her fourth time to take the chair at Ennis Town Council.

Fine Gael Councillor Mary Howard withdrew her name from the contest saying she wanted no trouble after claims from a fellow party councillor that a dominant group was controlling the council.

The new Mayor Mary Coote Ryan – who’s also a member of Fine Gael  – rejected these suggestions but  went on to vote outside her party for Deputy Mayor saying she had to back Frankie Neylon instead of Councillor Howard.

 

 

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