Councillors reject bilateral talks offer on city boundary

Cork’s city councillors have rejected an invitation from the county for their chief executives to engage in “bilateral meetings” on the contentious city boundary extension issue.

It follows a meeting of the city council’s corporate policy group, the various party leaders, and party whips on Monday night.

Their decision is likely to heighten tensions between the city and county over the ongoing standoff on the city boundary extension proposed by the Mackinnon review group.