€420k for former Galway politicans

Galway Bay fm newsroom – Galway County Council will pay almost 420 thousand euro to 26 former county and town councillors who retired or lost their seats in the local elections.
According to today’s Irish Times, 268 thousand euro of that will be paid to 8 former members of the county council.
A further 18 members of Ballinasloe, Tuam and Loughrea town councils will share 150 thousand euro in payments.
Three of the town councillors also served for a time on the county council and will receive severance payments for both terms of service.
The figure doesn’t include payments due to former councillors who have not yet reached the age of 50, who will receive payments on reaching that age.
Nationally a total of 3 and a half million euro will be paid out to former councillors by 10 local authorities.