County manager to leave €162k job

Cork will get a new county manager following confirmation from the head of Ireland’s largest local authority that he will not be seeking an extension to his contract when it ends this year.

Cork county manger Martin Riordan, 58, wrote to county councillors yesterday to tell them he has not exercised an option to extend his current seven-year contract by a further three years.

“I also wish to advise that I will not be seeking a further contract as Cork county manager on the expiry of my current contract,” he said.