Shrinking income may force council to sell assets

THE country’s largest local authority may sell off or lease a number of its assets, including a €40 million superdump, in an attempt to make ends meet during the next few years.

Cork county manager Martin Riordan has warned that post-2010, the council will have to think of ways to bolster its coffers in the face of ever decreasing income and expected cuts in Government grant-aid.

One of its valuable assets, he said, could include the landfill at Bottlehill in which the council invested €40m.