O’Callaghan says expanded Cork city should take in satellite towns

CORK city needs to be expanded to take in the satellite towns to create a single city of 300,000 people under one local authority if it is to compete with Dublin, developer Owen O’Callaghan believes.

“If we are serious about marketing Cork and I am aware that much work has been done by the Chamber and others, we need to get real first.

“Extend the city boundary, create a marketable city population immediately by taking in the satellite towns for example, Blarney, Glanmire, Carrigtwohill, Passage West, Carrigaline, Douglas, Bishopstown and Ballincollig. Give us critical mass, 300,000 people, to work with and let the city authority run it. And better still while we are at it, go a step further and get a single authority to run the city and county,” O’Callaghan Properties managing director Owen O’Callaghan said.