The revamped Cork City local electoral areas are posing challenges and changes across the city but the northside of the river is undergoing a far more drastic change. Everything east of the village will be in the new Cork city North-East, with everything west of that in North-West. As recently as September 2018, the county council remained hopeful of retaining the Blarney/Tower area. The new North-West presents an entirely new challenge for Cork City Council and, indeed, whichever members are elected to the area. As a result, there might be some justification for the concerns of those in north-west sections of the North-West ward.

Source: Irish Examiner May 01, 2019 03:45 UTC