Boundary plan angers Cork county councillors - Expansion of city a ‘money grab and land grab’

“If this document was produced under British rule, it would have brought about revolution, and it should. This is a diktat we can’t accept.”

Vicarstown councillor Bob Ryan’s remark was just one of several comments made by angry Cork county councillors at a special meeting on the Mackinnon report’s proposals to dramatically extend the city boundary. The meeting took place in County Hall yesterday, at the request of the Mayor of Cork, Seamus McGrath, who said he had “grave concerns” about the proposals.

County council chief executive Tim Lucey said the county council did not accept the report. He also said his local authority “wouldn’t be a sustainable entity going forward”, unless adequate compensation was paid by the city council.