Micheál Martin criticises scaremongering over Cork city boundary extension

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has criticised “scaremongering” over the contentious Cork city boundary extension issue and has urged the two local authorities to “engage constructively” with the group set up to implement it.

“I think there has been too much scaremongering going on in terms of the impact of the extension on other areas,” he said.

“We are all entitled to our particular perspectives but there’s a time to get on with it as well. Some people are getting engaged in this debate as if their entire personal lives are in trouble.