Cork City shortchanged by government over local property tax funding, claims councillor

Local Government Minister Darragh O’Brien has now been urged to review the increase to Cork City Council.

Cork City has been shortchanged by government, it has been claimed, after it secured just a €1.5m increase in local property tax (LPT) baseline funding — the bare minimum allowed.

Local Government Minister Darragh O’Brien has now been urged to review the increase to Cork City Council which Fine Gael Cllr Shane O’Callaghan said appears to have disregarded the fact that the city council is the only local authority in the country facing a multi-million annual compensation payout arising out of a boundary extension.