Cork County Council favours merger

The majority of Cork county councillors are in favour of the controversial merger of the city and county councils.

The council debated the establishment of the super authority recommended by the Smiddy report for the first time yesterday, after Sinn Féin councillor Des O’Grady successfully sought the suspension of standing orders.

He said that Sinn Féin had proposed an extended city boundary, that the two councils remain, and that a regional authority oversaw them both.