Minister for Local Government Simon Coveney has announced a review of the controversial merger plan for Cork city and county councils in a bid to find a compromise.

The Cork Local Government Review (CLGR) committee has been invited to appear before a Dáil committee on environment and local government to discuss its controversial merger report which has split the region.

A TD has called on Environment Minister Alan Kelly to commission an independent expert review of the Cork council merger proposal.

The head of an influential business association on the outskirts of Cork said his members still back a merger of the city and county councils, but only if the Government gives cast-iron guarantees about maintaining the city’s status.

An outspoken Cork city councillor wants City Hall to stop hosting Cork Chamber’s annual gala dinner given its support for the controversial super-council plan.

Business group Ibec has defended its U-turn on the Cork council merger plan.

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The government is facing a constitutional challenge over the controversial Cork super-council plan following an historic midnight meeting of the city council.

The Government is set to face a constitutional challenge over the Cork super-council plan following a historic midnight meeting of the city council.

The debate over the future of Cork’s local authorities has escalated to a war of words between two organisations representing businesses in the city.

The President of University College Cork (UCC) has defended the right of academics to speak out against the Cork super-council plan.

The vast majority of people living on the fringes of Cork City have backed experts who favour a boundary extension, a survey has found.

The former president of the Cork Business Association has broken ranks with the group to welcome the proposed merger of Cork’s city and county councils, which is now the focus of a major legal challenge.

Cork City Council is to seek a judicial review of the administrative actions of the review group which has recommended a merger of the city and county councils.

The chair of the group which has recommended a controversial merger of Cork city and county councils wants to hold high-level briefings with those on both sides of the debate amid mounting criticism.

Three planning experts have warned against merging Cork city and county councils, claiming that a single authority will be oversized, unwieldy, undemocratic and unworkable.

A decision on the boundary extension for Cork has been delayed for decades and now amalgamation has been chosen as an easy political solution.

Developer Owen O’Callaghan says he would consider moving his business to Dublin if a merger of Cork’s local authorities goes ahead.

Cork’s most senior government minister has refused to say whether he favours a merger of the region’s two local authorities or a city boundary extension.

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Two of the country’s leading developers have warned that a merger of Cork city and county councils could cost jobs and investment and be “hugely damaging” for the future of the city.

BUSINESSES could be hit with a €500 million bill to implement changes to the Companies’ Act requiring directors to say they are compliant with every aspect of the law.