Business groups urge ministerial action on Cork boundary

The two biggest business lobby groups in Cork have united to call for ministerial intervention to deliver a swift resolution to the city boundary standoff.

Cork Chamber and Ibec, which, combined, represent over 1,200 businesses and employ more than 120,000 people across the city and county, have warned that political failure to reach an agreement on the region’s local government reform process will impact negatively on all involved.

They made their statement in a joint letter to Local Government Minister Eoghan Murphy, and copied to all Oireachtas members in the region, to the heads of the city and county councils, and to the elected members of both local authorities.