Cork county to escape commercial rates hike for five years

There will be no increase in commercial rates in Cork county until 2020 but some businesses, in former town council-controlled centres, will gradually have to pay more over the next five years to bring them in line with county rates.

For years, smaller municipal statutory bodies approved lower rates than those in areas managed by Cork County Council.

However, since town council’s were abolished last year, Cork county is being run by a single rates department.