Transfer to Cork city council jurisdiction will depend on staffing

The speed at which 82,000 people are transferred into Cork City Council’s jurisdiction through its boundary extension will depend on how quickly the Department of Local Government agrees to provide additional staff to the county council to handle the changeover.

County councillors, who were given an update on the city council boundary extension yesterday, have demanded that all Cork TDs attend a meeting in County Hall to explain whether they are for or against the new city boundary map, which is currently being finalised.

The chief executive of the county council, Tim Lucey, said that Ballincollig, Blarney, Ballyvolane, Cork Airport, and all of Glanmire west of the Cork-Dublin motorway are included in the city council’s boundary extension. There will also be extensions of its territory in Rochestown, Douglas and Grange.