First draft of Cork city’s ‘red line’ due shortly

The first draft of an enlarged Cork City to drive the region’s growth for the next half century should emerge within weeks.

After 40 years of campaigning by the city, two and a half years of reports and reviews, and a late and ultimately rejected offer from the county to cede certain lands to the city, it is now clear that the Cork City boundary extension saga is entering the final stages.

Despite concerns in county areas earmarked for transfer from the county to the city’s administrative area — there are vocal campaigns of opposition in Ballincollig and Carrigtwohill — work is already under way drafting the ‘red line’ as envisaged in the Mackinnon report, published in June.