Council gets staff embargo for senior roles lifted

Cork County Council has managed to convince the Government to lift a recruitment embargo to fill senior positions on the local authority — but did not manage to do the same for frontline outdoor workers.

Since 2010, the council has been able to persuade the Department of Environment to lift the embargo to fill two divisional manager vacancies, appoint a county engineer, county solicitor, chief veterinary officer and financial accountant.

In addition, it was also allowed to appoint two Civil Defence officers.