Call to scrap Cork Chamber's City Hall hiring discount

A councillor has called on Cork City Council to scrap a generous discount deal for Cork Chamber on the hire of City Hall’s concert hall venue for one of the business group’s flagship social events.

Fianna Fáil Cllr Tim Brosnan says he wants the chamber to pay the full rate of just over €15,000 for its annual gala Chamber Dinner.

Figures show that if charged the full rate, the chamber should have paid just over €85,000 to hire the facility for six gala dinners between 2010 and 2015.