Report of secretive life in Irish town (5)
I believe the answer is:
sligo
'irish town' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'report of secretive life' is the wordplay.
'report of' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue (how it'd sound if reported).
'secretive' becomes 'sly' (I've seen this in other clues).
'life' becomes 'go' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sly' is a homophone of 'sli'.
'sli'+'go'='SLIGO'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sligo that I've seen before include "Irish seaport and county" , "County of NW Eire" , "Ir. town by Donegal bay" , "Irish port" , "one of twenty-six" .)