BALLINASLOE MAYOR MAKES CASE FOR RETENTION OF LOCAL COUNCILS

Date Published: 13-Sep-2012

The Mayor of Ballinasloe is appealing to the Environment Minister NOT to scrap town councils as part of proposed cost-saving measures.

200 delegates from city, county and town councils nationwide are debating the plan for Local Government Reform at a major conference in Ballinasloe today.

Ballinasloe, Tuam and Loughrea town councils are all under threat, as part of local Government reform proposals.

It means three of the counties biggest towns could be without the current 27 locally elected representatives in two years time.

Environment Minister Phil Hogan will address delegates tomorrow evening as the centenary annual conference of the Association of Municipal Authorities enters its second and final day.

Mayor of Ballinasloe Carmel Grealy says if the system is not broken, don't fix it