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Essexboy

Councillor urges more junkets

Councillors should not only travel abroad more often on junkets but they should also do so in greater sartorial style, according to the new chairman of Mayo County Council.

Cllr Joe Mellett says study trips abroad, which are often maligned in the media as a waste of taxpayers' money, should be encouraged, not frowned upon. The Swinford based representative's only concern about the trips is that councillors are not always as smartly attired as they should be.

He has proposed that local authority members wear distinguishing blazers with crests when travelling to foreign locations.

Cllr Mellett dislikes the word "junket", preferring to call the trips "fact-finding missions".

In one of his first speeches after his installation as chairman of the 31-member authority, Cllr Mellett said more, not less trips out of Ireland were necessary for councillors "to keep up with new ideas and modern technology". Trips abroad by members of Mayo County Council in recent years have included excursions to the United States, Argentina, Austria, Italy, Denmark and Sweden. Last September, the council came in for some criticism for sending more than 20 elected representatives to study landslide prevention programmes in Austria.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0714/1215940876749.htm

irishgeo

Essexboy wrote: »

Councillor urges more junkets

Councillors should not only travel abroad more often on junkets but they should also do so in greater sartorial style, according to the new chairman of Mayo County Council.

Cllr Joe Mellett says study trips abroad, which are often maligned in the media as a waste of taxpayers' money, should be encouraged, not frowned upon. The Swinford based representative's only concern about the trips is that councillors are not always as smartly attired as they should be.

He has proposed that local authority members wear distinguishing blazers with crests when travelling to foreign locations.

Cllr Mellett dislikes the word "junket", preferring to call the trips "fact-finding missions".

In one of his first speeches after his installation as chairman of the 31-member authority, Cllr Mellett said more, not less trips out of Ireland were necessary for councillors "to keep up with new ideas and modern technology". Trips abroad by members of Mayo County Council in recent years have included excursions to the United States, Argentina, Austria, Italy, Denmark and Sweden. Last September, the council came in for some criticism for sending more than 20 elected representatives to study landslide prevention programmes in Austria.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0714/1215940876749.htm

we had one landslide in mayo and done piss all about that since. i dont thing they even got the fence they were looking for.

new ideas and modern technology!

they cant even build proper roads.

Bob the Builder

Essexboy wrote: »

Councillor urges more junkets

Councillors should not only travel abroad more often on junkets but they should also do so in greater sartorial style, according to the new chairman of Mayo County Council.

Cllr Joe Mellett says study trips abroad, which are often maligned in the media as a waste of taxpayers' money, should be encouraged, not frowned upon. The Swinford based representative's only concern about the trips is that councillors are not always as smartly attired as they should be.

He has proposed that local authority members wear distinguishing blazers with crests when travelling to foreign locations.

Cllr Mellett dislikes the word "junket", preferring to call the trips "fact-finding missions".

In one of his first speeches after his installation as chairman of the 31-member authority, Cllr Mellett said more, not less trips out of Ireland were necessary for councillors "to keep up with new ideas and modern technology". Trips abroad by members of Mayo County Council in recent years have included excursions to the United States, Argentina, Austria, Italy, Denmark and Sweden. Last September, the council came in for some criticism for sending more than 20 elected representatives to study landslide prevention programmes in Austria.

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/0714/1215940876749.htm

sounds like a complete arsehole to me. instead od paying them to sit in offices all day doing nothing, we're going to pay extra for them to go to a foreign place instead to learn about doing nothing....

sorella

Is this the Mellett who sells ruined cottages at high cost?

oscarBravo

I think the phrase you're looking for is "in need of some repair", or "with development potential".

offaly1

sorella wrote: »

Is this the Mellett who sells ruined cottages at high cost?

i think it is indeed.... was he/or is he not chairman of mayo county council?!