Cork City Council cannot sustain compensation payments to county council, warns chief

Ann Doherty made a specific warning about the soaring cost of the city’s annual payment arising from the 2019 city boundary extension. Picture: Larry Cummins

Inflation has driven Cork’s city annual boundary compensation payment to over €15m — a figure which is no longer sustainable, the city council’s chief executive has warned.

Ann Doherty made her comments as city councillors met to approve the city council’s 2024 budget, which will see €292m invested in the delivery of services — a €24m increase on this year.