Council directors earn over £100k during past year

Council directors earn over £100k during past year

14 April 2021

THREE senior staff members of Newry, Mourne and Down Council received financial packages worth more than £100,000 last year.

The council’s chief executive, Marie Ward, earned £117,013, while two council directors, Michael Lipsett and Dorinnia Carville, each took home £104,663.

The figures, which include pension entitlements and expenses, are included in the Town Hall Rich List 2021, which is produced by the right wing pressure group, the Taxpayers’ Alliance.

The report reveals that a total of 47 council staff across Northern Ireland received packages in excess of £100,000.

Of the council chief executives province-wide, Mrs Ward was the lowest paid. The top earner was Belfast City Council chief executive Suzanne Wylie, who took home £170,288. Six other Belfast City officials earned more than £100,000.

Ards and North Down Council chief executive Stephen Reid received a package totalling £151,000. Two of the council’s directors, Graeme Bannister and Susie McCullough, received £109,000 each and two others, Simon Christie, David Lindsay and Wendy Swanston, got £106,000 each.