Rates rise ‘will kill off flood-hit businesses’
That’s the stark warning from entrepreneurs in Clonakilty who believe the town should get a break because many can no longer get flood insurance and are put to the pin of their collar just to keep the doors open.
Phil O’Regan is a director of the successful Shannon Vale poultry plant, which happens to be in the county council-controlled area on the outskirts of the town. As such, her company pays far more in rates than if it was in the town council zone.
