Luke Flanagan (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)

At a meeting, when I asked for further details on our budget, the director of services threatened to walk out of the room because I was looking for too much information. Not only was I elected by the people, I was also elected by my fellow councillors as the head of the council, yet people were getting annoyed with me because I was looking for too much detail. It is a phenomenal type of democracy. In fact, it was a kick in the teeth.

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