Cork County Council collects record rates total

Cork County Council collected a record €120.84m in rates last year, which represented 41% of the local authority’s total income.

However, the local authority could have collected many millions of euro more but for the Government’s failure to rate new businesses as soon as they come on stream.

Lorraine Lynch, the council’s head of finance, said that around 14,200 businesses contributed to the record rates take.