Durcan rips up reprimand letter, while Condon tells him to ‘cop on’

Independent councillor Frank Durcan showed in no uncertain terms this week what he thought about a letter and a copy of the code of conduct for councillors, which he received from county secretary John Condon, reprimanding him for his actions at the previous meeting of the local authority. Walking from his seat in the chamber to the top bench, Cllr Durcan told the meeting, “You can do what you want with that (the letter) as far as I’m concerned, and the code,” as he started to tear the letter into small pieces before dropping the remains of it on front of the county secretary.

Cllr Durcan received the letter after he was told he was in breach of the code of conduct for councillors, when he raised the issue of the denial of his freedom of information request about retired members of staff in the council who had been re-employed by the council on contract basis. He had been told at that meeting he was in breach of the code by looking for preferential treatment by raising the issue in the chamber as a councillor, since he was the applicant for the request that was refused.

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The new Hyundai IX35 at Monaghan and Sons

Hyundai officially unveiled the all New Hyundai IX35 at the international press test drive in Rome recently. Hyundai Cars Ireland are delighted to announce that the first units of the new Tucson replacement, the IX 35, will arrive into Ireland at the end of March. And Monaghan and Sons, Breaffy Road, Castlebar, is your first and only stop to try one for yourself. The IX 35 will be launched in a 2.0 litre diesel deluxe version first, with a 1.7 litre diesel deluxe version arriving later in the year. While final pricing is not yet decided, Hyundai can confirm that the 2.0 litre diesel engine version will launch at the 1.7 litre diesel price. Hyundai can confirm that the pricing is likely to be below €30,000.

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