Tributes paid as last remaining county engineer retires

History is being made with the retirement of the last county engineer in the country — or as he put it himself, “The last of the Mohicans” .

Many tributes have been paid to Noel O’Keeffe, who retires after being county engineer in Cork County Council for the past five years, during which time he oversaw the completion of €500m in projects.

Local authorities have replaced county engineers with directors of services. The last city engineer remains in Dublin.