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Thu 07 Jul 2007Gormley proposes powerful mayor to run DublinThe first step in the process of local government reform that will see a directly elected mayor in Dublin in four years' time is to be launched by Minister for the Environment and Local Government John Gormley today.The Minister intends to begin a consultative process that will lead to the production of a Green Paper by the end of this year.