Councillors furious over Cork boundary leaks, delays and ‘sacrifices’

The way the latest boundary extension story was leaked, compounded by repeated delays of a meeting to discuss its fallout, seriously angered many county councillors, writes Sean O’Riordan.

Some had gathered in County Hall as early as 2pm yesterday for the meeting which was supposed to start at 3.30pm. However, as the day wore on they were repeatedly told the start time was being pushed back, allegedly due to some last minute ‘horse-trading’ which was going on between representatives from both local authorities at a hotel.

Eventually, at 6.28pm they sat down to hear their officials outline progress so far.