Cork to address Frank Murphy's future

Cork officials were tight-lipped yesterday about the issues likely to be debated at tonight’s meeting of the Cork County Board executive officers.

Yesterday at the county finals in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, there was discussion of the agenda for that meeting, amid ongoing speculation about an extension of secretary, Frank Murphy’s contract into 2018 — in particular, the item on tonight’s agenda referring to staffing arrangements and how that may relate to Mr Murphy, among others.

“We have an executive meeting and based on what’s finalised at the executive, we’ll be coming forward to the county board after that,” said Cork board chairman Ger Lane yesterday. “I’m not in a position to say anything else until then.”