Cork Council Merger: Two main business groups at odds over proposals

Cork’s two main business organisations are split over proposals to create a super authority to cover both city and county.

Cork Chamber, which represents 1,100 business — the majority of which are in the county — has backed the proposed merger, but Cork Business Association (CBA) is firmly against it.

Cork Chamber president Barrie O’Connell said he welcomed the report by the Smiddy Committee to merge the two local authorities.