Cork merger plan to go to committee

The Cork Local Government Review (CLGR) committee has been invited to appear before a Dáil committee on environment and local government to discuss its controversial merger report which has split the region.

Labour TD and committee chair Michael McCarthy (Cork South West) said he has concerns an area as geographically expansive as West Cork could be run by one super-council based in the city. “I’m not necessarily saying it’s a bad thing. But there is a huge geographical disconnect,” he said.