Cork Lord Mayor Chris O’Leary denied access to review files on local government review

The Lord Mayor of Cork has been denied access to documents linked to the controversial Cork local government review process.

Sinn Féin’s Chris O’Leary confirmed to council on Monday that his Freedom of Information (FoI) requests for the information have been rejected.

He told councillors that he lodged three separate FoI requests — one with the Environment Minister Alan Kelly; one with his department’s secretary general; and one with Alf Smiddy, the former chairman of the now disbanded Cork Local Government Committee (CLGC), seeking access to a raft of documents.