If elected to the proposed position as Mayor of Dublin, Green Party TD for Dublin West Paul Gogarty promised yesterday that he would “maintain the highest level of decorum”.
The Green spokesman on education, who has been involved in a number of high-profile incidents including the use of four-letter words in the Dáil, pointed out that London politicians Ken Livingstone and Boris Johnson had “successfully made the transition from mavericks into mayors”.
Launching the website www.mayor4dublin.ie as part of an information campaign on the position, Mr Gogarty said the mayoralty was “a genuine effort to bring power back to the people, to save money rather than cost money”.
If Dubliners wished to retain the post of Lord Mayor in addition to the new position of elected mayor, Green Party leader John Gormley would be amenable to such a proposal, he said.