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A total of 47 council staff in Northern Ireland received financial packages worth more than £100,000 last year, according to a new report.
Among those listed were eight officials at Mid and East Antrim Borough Council, seven others who work for Belfast City and six at Ards and North Down.
The figures include pension contributions and expenses, and have risen from 26 council staff on £100,000-plus in 2018/19.
The Town Hall Rich List 2021, produced by right-wing pressure group the TaxPayers Alliance, listed 2,802 UK council employees whose total remuneration exceeded £100,000 in 2019-20.
In Northern Ireland, the total earnings stood at £5,551,437 - up from £3,197,834 in 2018/19.
For the fourth year running, the biggest remuneration package (£170,288) went to Belfast s chief executive Suzanne Wylie and included a £142,500 salary and £27,788 pension contribution.
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