Cork County Council collected a record €120.84m in rates last year, which represented 41% of the local authority’s total income.

New information released by Cork County Council supports claims by a major business association that it pays vast amounts of rates, but has got little or nothing back over the years to improve its creaking infrastructure.

Millions of euro is being potentially lost each year on providing vital council services in Co Cork because hundreds of businesses are not paying rates due to a backlog in valuations by a government-run department.

A DRAW was the fairest result in this Munster Colleges Junior A camogie decider at Feenagh on Saturday.