Council under fire as household tax demands sent to deceased

Cork County Council has been left with “egg on its face” following a cock-up which resulted in notices about the household tax being addressed to people who are deceased.

Scores of homeowners, who had already paid, also received written demands.

Furious councillors said the local authority should not have put its name to a letter which was only to be circulated to the 37% of the county’s 140,000 households that had not pad the original €100 charge.