Plans set to limit freedom of city award

MOVES are under way to reduce the number of times the freedom of Cork city is awarded, in an effort to protect its integrity.

There are also plans to introduce strict new selection procedures to eliminate possible embarrassment to proposed recipients.

City councillors are set to hold talks over the coming weeks to hammer out an agreed approach to selecting the recipient. It could see the award being conferred just twice in a council’s five-year term.