New city boss warns of funding challenges

CORK’S new city manager has warned that reduced funding and staff numbers will pose significant challenges in the years ahead.

Tim Lucey also said that the outsourcing of certain management functions may have to be considered in the coming months.

“I’m not going to dwell on the challenges but they are significant,” Tim Lucey told city councillors at his first full council meeting on Monday night since taking office on September 1 following Joe Gavin’s retirement.