Cork Council Merger: There’s a long way to go for everyone to meet in middle

The first question one could reasonably ask upon glancing through the report recommending a merger of Cork City and County Councils is — Catherine Shanahan asks; will this actually ever happen?

Historically, efforts to reorganise the councils or redraw existing boundaries have tended to hit the skids (see chapter two of the report).

Implementation of this particular report’s recommendations — ‘The Report of the Cork Local Government Committee on Local Government Arrangements in Cork’ — will require substantial commitment on a number of fronts.