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A Mayo county councillor has called on the judicial system to review its practice of approving free legal aid to drug dealers, often caught with drugs to the value of €10,000 and over.

Newly elected County Councillor Peter Flynn has told the management of Mayo County Council that hard decisions were going to have to be made by them in relation to staffing levels in the council as it continues to try to keep it’s books balanced. The Fine Gael Councillor was speaking after Mr Peter Duggan, head of finance for the council, gave the members a briefing on the finanical review of the council for the first nine months of the year at the monthly meeting last Monday.