Business groups in war of words over Cork council merger

The debate over the future of Cork’s local authorities has escalated to a war of words between two organisations representing businesses in the city.

Meanwhile Fianna Fail accused the Labour Party of shedding “crocodile tears” over the proposal to merge Cork City and County Councils after Cork South Central TD Ciaran Lynch said that he would vote against any government vote to combine the two.

Yesterday evening Cork Business Association hit back at Cork Chamber of Commerce, after the latter expressed its “disquiet at the unbalanced views put forward by opponents of a unified local authority structure in Cork” since the Cork Local Government Review (CLGR), chaired by Alf Smiddy, published its recommendations.