Cork County Council move a ‘money grab’

The majority of Cork county councillors see the proposed extension of the city boundary as being nothing more than a “money grab” which could put rural areas at a serious disadvantage in the future.

The county council stands to lose more than €40m per year from its annual rates income of €117m if the boundary extension proposed by the McKinnon report goes ahead.

That proposes the handing over to the city council of Ballincollig, Cork Airport, Blarney, Glanmire, Little Island and Carrigtwohill areas by 2019.