Cork council merger: Red tape would strangle our true potential

Cork poet Theo Dorgan believes the inorganic, hubristic merging of city and county councils will be a bureaucratic nightmare.

Procrustes, in Greek mythology, was a rogue blacksmith who owned a metal bed.

He had the rather unfortunate habit of stretching his guests to fit the bed if they were too short, of cutting their legs to fit if they were too tall.