Council overtime ban lifted to allow for road repairs

Cork County Council has temporarily lifted an overtime ban on its road repair crews so they can try and tackle the pothole crisis on many of the county’s 12,000kms of roads.

According to the council’s director of services, Tom Stritch, management have also held successful talks with unions which will pave the way for them to bring in private contractors to help with the repairs.

Acting county manager Declan Daly has lifted the overtime embargo for three weeks which, allied to the improvement in the weather, should allow them to carry out more repairs than normal.