Articles tagged with: town councils

Fears that local authorities could face further downgrading and loss of services and responsibilities following on from the recent local government reforms that saw the abolition of Town Councils have been voiced by Cathaoirleach of Monaghan Co Council Pádraig McNally. Speaking at the Council’s December meeting, the Fianna Fáil public representative, who is National President of the Association of Irish Local Government, said that local authorities had seen no benefit from the reputed €850 million in savings generated by the reforms but instead had experienced “cut after cut after cut”. Colr McNally ...

72 out of the 232 local authority staff in Co Monaghan are being redeployed in preparation for the new local government era to commence on June 1, Co Manager Eugene Cummins told the May meeting of Monaghan Co Council. In a briefing to the members on the profound changes to take effect in local administration following the abolition of Town Councils and the creation of a new Municipal District structure subservient to the reconstituted Co Council, Mr Cummins re-emphasised the enhanced role that the local authority would play in the future ...

By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie AN INSIGHT into the thinking of Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Phil Hogan in relation to his controversial plans to abolish town councils next year was gleaned at Monday’s meeting of Ballybay Town Council, where a letter from the Minister in response to concerns that were raised by the councillors was read out. The Minister’s rationale makes it clear that he seems determined to push ahead with the proposals outlined in the ‘Putting People First — Action Programme for Effective Local Government’ document, notwithstanding ...