A chara, – Paul Gillespie makes the point that we have the “most underfunded system of local government with the least power and authority of any country in Europe” (“Overworked and underfunded: Irish local government is hollow”, Opinion & Analysis, April 13th).
Given the calibre of some of our local representatives, this is not necessarily a bad thing. – Is mise,
JOHN KELLY,
Bennekerry,
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