If Simon Coveney had won the Fine Gael leadership contest, then there would be no question mark over the issue of councillors' pay.

But there is a new sheriff in town - Leo Varadkar - and it means some of Coveney’s key policies may be told to get on the next stagecoach.

Varadkar has already announced a review of Coveney’s flagship rebuilding Ireland policy, and now it has emerged that there will also...