‘Farce’: Cork district left without seat on safety partnership as law limits representation

A legislative cap on district representation leaves one Cork area without a councillor on the new Community Safety Partnerships

Mayor of County Cork, Independent councillor Mary Linehan-Foley, had to draw seven names from a hat to select those who will sit on the new county body. Picture: Larry Cummins

A municipal district in Co Cork will be the only one in the country without any councillors representing it on the soon-to-be-formed Community Safety Partnerships.

This is due to an anomaly the department of justice has refused to address, saying any change would require altering the legislation establishing the partnerships, which will also include members of gardaí, the HSE and Tusla.