On March 3rd, I logged onto the Cork County Council website and that time I found the website impossible to navigate and it kept sending me around in circles. I was advised that Corporate Affairs were working on a redesign and they hoped to have the new version online the following week.
That same day, I spoke to Mr. Paraig Lynch, Municipal District Officer, Cobh Municipal District. He advised me that the new website would be available shortly and the minutes of the district meetings as far back as 2014 would be included on the site.
I logged into the Cork County Council website this morning, 17th November 2017, and I found that not much has changed. I typed in “Cobh and Glanmire Municipal District Minutes” and I was given the option to examine ‘Raising Awareness’ or ‘Creative Ireland’. That wasn’t very helpful.
I did some more searching and I came up with the following:
Municipal District Meeting of West Cork (Minutes & Agenda)
Municipal District Meeting of Kanturk-Mallow (Minutes, Agenda to Follow)
Municipal District Meeting of Ballincollig-Carrigaline & Minutes Annual meeting July 2017 BallincolligCarrigaline MD
Municipal District Meeting of Ballincollig-Carrigaline (Agenda & Minutes)
Municipal District Meeting of Blarney-Macroom (Minutes)
Municipal District Meeting of Bandon-Kinsale (Minutes)
Municipal District Meeting of Fermoy (Minutes)
I couldn’t find anything for Cobh apart from a list of the local representatives.
Some councils have the ability to put their minutes online but it seems to be a bridge too far for Cobh. Even though Mr. Paraig Lynch insisted that “the new website would be available shortly and the minutes of the meetings as far back as 2014 would be available”, it hasn’t happened.
It’s difficult to understand how it can take a year to upload the minutes of a meeting onto a website. But that’s the story so far and as we approach 2018 it’s unlikely to change any time soon.
Cobh Municipal District Council prefers to act as a secret society and is determined to keep the rest of us in the dark. Maybe they have nothing to say in which case it might be time for a change.
A change is indeed long overdue Trevor. I called to Cork Co Council some weeks ago with a query, was pointed to the correct hatch and had everything explained to my satisfaction.easy Peasy. About time to shut down Cobh Town Council. It’s a money pit now.
A bit of a cash cow I think Jack. Seem to care little about the town or its residents.