Cork council plan would see €16m in taxes relinquished

Cork County Council would immediately relinquish commercial rates and local property tax (LPT) worth in excess of €16m per year if its revised plan for the city council boundary extension is accepted by the Implementation Oversight Group.

However, this pales into insignificance compared to what it would lose if the McKinnon report was adopted.

McKinnon recommended the county council cede control of Ballincollig, Blarney, Cork Airport, Glanmire, Little Island, and Carrigtwohill to Cork City Council — an area nearly 35km wide.