‘City extension now of national importance’, warns Cork councillor

Securing a significant extension of Cork’s city boundary is now of national importance, a city councillor warned last night as they rejected a land offer from the county.

One of the city’s longest serving councillors, Cllr Tim Brosnan (FF) said the city has been raising the need for a boundary extension for 20 years. “It is now a matter of importance for the Irish State,” he said.

“Dublin is choked. There must be regional development, and an expanded Cork City is key to that. It will serve as a counter-balance to the Dublin-Belfast corridor.”