But as Clare’s Town Councils fight back against the decision to abolish them, it seems Minister Phil Hogan’s plans are popular with the public.
85% of those surveyed on the clare-dot-fm website said they are in favour of the decision to abolish town councils in Ennis, Shannon, Kilrush and Kilkee as well as plans to cut County Council numbers.
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So far, over 600 people have taken part in the online poll on clare.modus.ie and just 9% said they were against the abolition of councils, 6% said they’re not sure.