Green Party ‘calling for end to Dublin rule in Cork’

The Green Party in Cork is to host a town hall-style public meeting under the banner of ‘End Dublin Rule in Cork’.

The meeting follows the decision by Cork City Council to approve the first phase of the OPW flood defences at Morrison’s Island. The project received 1,400 submissions from the public.

The Green Party says the decision is an example of the take-it-or-leave-it attitude of national government to local planning, which leaves city councillors with little choice other than to either accept the plans of State agencies or go without.