Cork city rules out more talks with county on border

Cork’s city councillors are poised to rule out further talks on the contentious city boundary extension after county councillors rejected the compromise deal.

They are expected to formally vote at a special meeting tonight to endorse the final report of the implementation oversight group (IOG), which recommends that Ballincollig, Blarney, Tower, Glanmire, and Cork Airport become part of an expanded city, and which was accepted by Cabinet last week.

However, Sinn Féin councillor and former lord mayor Chris O’Leary said that, following the county’s decision to reject the compromise extension, the time has come for the full Mackinnon boundary extension to be implemented.