Council avoids dissolution after passing budget

Cork City Council has avoided dissolution after councillors voted last night to accept the city’s 2015 budget.

The vote on the €152m budget, details of which were unchanged since it was voted down last Monday, was swung after two independent councillors changed their position.

Independent councillor Kieran McCarthy voted in favour of the budget, while independent Cllr Mick Finn abstained. Crucially, Ind Cllr Paudie Dineen, who was not at last week’s meeting, also supported the budget last night.