Cork councils agree to put 'acrimonious' past behind and work 'on matters of joint interest'

Cork city and county councils to draw up plans to develop a better working relationship following the acrimony over the city boundary extension in 2019

Valerie O'Sullivan will shortly take up the position of chief executive of Cork City Council. Picture: Brian Lougheed

Plans are to be drawn up to create a better working relationship between councillors representing Cork City and Cork county councils following “acrimonious” divides of the past.

These first started when the city council reneged on a joint waste strategy more than a decade ago and festered further when it proposed a far bigger land grab from the county council than what it was eventually allowed in the city boundary extension in 2019.