Cork county councillors reject proposed rates increase

Fianna Fáil councillor Gearoid Murphy proposed 15 ‘tweaks’ to balance the books without the rates hike, and this was approved by Cork County Council.

Cork county councillors sat for a marathon meeting with multiple recesses to discuss a proposed rise in rates.

Cork county councillors have unanimously rejected their management’s request for a 3% increase in rates as part of their €530m budget for next year.

After a marathon meeting, agreement was eventually reached to tweak certain elements of the budget to negate the need for businesses to dig deeper into their pockets.