'What's collected in Cork county should stay in Cork county' – councillors hit out on funding
There are some roads in West Cork which should be closed as they're so bad, Fianna Fáil councillor Joe Carroll said. File picture: Denis Scannell
Angry Cork county councillors have threatened to withhold €8m in local property tax (LPT) because they are not getting their fair share of funding from Government departments.
It comes ahead of a meeting between councillors and local members of the Oireachtas to discuss the fallout from an independent report which showed the local authority wasn't getting its fair share of funding for its size and population.
