Abolished town councils unlikely to return

Town councils are highly unlikely to return as the Government has received recommendations not to re-establish them, the Irish Examiner has learned.

There has been much criticism of then environment minister Phil Hogan’s decision to abolish the councils in 2013, as well as increased calls for their return.

However, two reports commissioned by Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy, which are to be published later this month, are to recommend against their return, according to a senior government source.