Council tries to ease boundary fear

Cork City Council has moved to ease fears in areas affected by the proposed city boundary extension, insisting it will not lead to a hike in rates or insurance costs.

Following weeks of controversy over the issue and amid criticism of its silence on the matter, the local authority has placed a full-page ‘myth-busting’ advertisement in today’s Irish Examiner in an effort to address some of the “concerns and misunderstandings” about the impact of the so-called Mackinnon extension.

It comes as Cork County Council launched a two-month consultation period yesterday on its proposal to cede a smaller area of land to the city.