The body that represents Town Councils has said that the new Local Government Reform Bill will fail, if elected bodies do not have financial autonomy.

TOWN councils offer the best and most efficient form of local government in Ireland and should be given enhanced roles in any reform of the sector, a new report has claimed.

The Government is planning a major publicity campaign to get all eligible voters registered in time for the 2009 local and European elections.

CORK is the only major Irish city to be excluded from a radical policing project designed to combat anti-social behaviour.