Local government - Unknown fate for council staff

Deciding to shut down town councils and centralise local government within county council structures is one thing, but implementing the decision is a very different matter. What is going to happen to the buildings now housing the local council offices, and what is going to happen to the people working in them?

Cork county manager Martin Riordan has warned that a huge amount of work needs to be done before Cork County Council will be able to subsume the functions of the town councils when those councils are abolished next year. This will inevitably be a problem throughout the country. It is most unlikely that all town council offices will be maintained, which raises the issue of what is to be done with those offices and buildings that will no longer be needed.

Many urban council workers are worried about their jobs. Will they all be transferred to positions within the country structure, or will some be considered surplus to requirements?