UCD and Commercial brace for senior eights battle at Metropolitan Regatta
Rowing: Champions Commercial are down four men for Blessington meeting
Councillors told to stop arguing about Cork getting seven times bigger
Coveney says expanding city boundary into county will be good for region
Diarmaid Ferriter: Jack Lynch was not a great leader
Pluralism was a strength but he never pushed himself – or others – hard enough
Report on Cork local government reform due before June
Coveney discreet on recommendations but Minister believes content politically saleable
President Higgins joins Irish writers at Havana Book Fair
Joseph O’Connor’s ‘Star of the Sea’ is the first Irish novel since ‘Ulysses’ published in Cuba
Higgins meets Raúl Castro as landmark Cuban visit begins
Human rights, LGBT rights and civil society discussed between two leaders
Coveney confident Cork councils ‘merger’ will be resolved
Minister says all options on table after report suggests City and County councils merge
Simon Coveney to address Cork council merger this year
Minister says ‘significant process’ will be made to reform local government in Cork
Achieving Cork council reform possible, says Simon Coveney
Minister will not avoid ‘awkward’ issue, calls for ‘blunt and honest conversations’
Cork Ibec defends decision to change position on merger of councils
Employers group had argued in submission against merger and for boundary extension
Cork council merger review ‘fundamentally flawed’, says chief
Ann Doherty says Smiddy report fails to recognise different needs of urban and rural
Mayor of County Cork issues plea on legal action over merger
Cork city and county should work in spirit of co-operation, says Cllr John Paul O’Shea
Former Cork Business Association head backs city and county councils merger plan
Workers Party say merger plan would be a disaster for both Cork city and county
Minority report – why the voices against Cork council merger plan are right
‘This obsession with rationalisation conveniently ignores the international evidence which refutes the notion that a smaller number of larger local authorities yields improvements, savings and efficiencies’
Cork Chamber of Commerce endorses council merger proposal
Expanded metropolitan area key to driving economic growth, says chamber president
Analysis: Split committee on Cork council merger report
Key proposal of five-person group is super authority that would serve over 500,000
Cork in ‘virgin territory’ with proposed merger of councils
It is expected that the new Cork authority will be in place by the 2019 local elections
Review calls for merger of Cork city and county councils
Local government group suggests proposal will help area compete with Dublin
Cork local government reform group satisfied with progress
Review chairman says group will complete report before September deadline
Cork local government review may not have time to do its work
Expert concerned that Dept of Environment may assist and urge greater centralisation
Review chairman to consult widely on Cork boundary changes
New model for local government could see a much larger metropolitan area being created
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