Anger over lack of funding for harbours

COUNTY councillors have reacted angrily to a letter from the Department of Transport telling them only limited finance will be available to do up harbours in Cork before they are taken over by the local authority.

The cash-strapped council says its simply doesn’t have the money to maintain harbours in Baltimore, Skibbereen and Kinsale.

The transfer of responsibility was already a thorny issue but was exacerbated with the letter.