Four environmental groups have united to back the creation of a directly-elected mayor in Cork

If there is a yes vote, legislation will be required before the first directly-elected mayoral elections in 2021.

Four environmental groups have united to back the creation of a directly-elected mayor in Cork amid calls last night for the plebiscite to the scrapped.

Fianna Fáil Cllr Terry Shannon blasted the government for its handling of the information campaign around the May 24 poll and said such is the uncertainty around what’s being proposed, the vote should be shelved.