Council has 21 days to pass budget

Fermoy Town Council has 21 days to pass its annual budget or face dissolution after councillors failed to reach a consensus last night.

Sinn Féin councillor Séamus Coleman said members had no option but to adjourn the meeting because they faced a €200,000 budget shortfall.

“We got €2.5 million in Budget 2014, down approximately €200,000 on the previous year even though the minister told the Dáil in October that no council would be worse off this year in comparison to last year,” Mr Coleman said.