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Women and children at risk with closure of Cuan Álainn this month

Women and children at risk with closure of Cuan Álainn this month

News

By Laura LyneA VITAL stepdown service for women and children fleeing domestic violence in Tallaght is set to close its doors for ...

Council praised for efforts to prevent bonfires before Halloween

Council praised for efforts to prevent bonfires before Halloween

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyDUBLIN City Council collected almost 40 tonnes of bonfire material and 1,000 tyres on Halloween day. A further 40 tonnes ...

Jordan’s Centra Walk The World

Jordan’s Centra Walk The World

News

By Echo ReporterJordan’s Centra Stores in Tallaght and Rathcoole transformed their communities pink recently for Centra’s ‘Walk the World’ initiative as the ...

Family concerned at health and safety risks from blocked sewerage systems

Family concerned at health and safety risks from blocked sewerage systems

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveySewerage blockages at a council-owned home have led to one family expressing health and safety concerns. The Best family have ...

Top business women point the way for future careers

Top business women point the way for future careers

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyLEADING women in business and third-level education headlined a College Awareness Week in St Dominic’s, Ballyfermot. Staff from Allianz, Deloitte, ...

Celebrations in honour of ‘modest marathon man’

Celebrations in honour of ‘modest marathon man’

News

By Laura LyneA CELEBRATION in honour of Templeogue runner Kevin Sherlock following his 27th and final Dublin Marathon was held recently in ...

Call for neglected graveyard to be brought under council’s wing for ‘historical’ reasons

Call for neglected graveyard to be brought under council’s wing for ‘historical’ reasons

Clondalkin

Brendan GrehanThe graveyard at Mount St Joseph, and Monastery Heath, both off the Monastery Road are completely neglected and overgrown and should ...

Ballyboden one step from Leinster glory

Ballyboden one step from Leinster glory

Sport

By William O'ConnorBALLYBODEN St Enda’s will be hoping Christmas arrives early on Sunday when they do battle with Portlaoise in the Leinster ...

Tallaght and Bushido fighters capture WAKO World medals

Tallaght and Bushido fighters capture WAKO World medals

Sport

By Stephen LeonardTALLAGHT Martial Arts and Bushido Clondalkin all boasted medal winners by the close of the hugely successful WAKO World Championships ...

Wuffles makes himself at home in Garda station

Wuffles makes himself at home in Garda station

News

By Mary DennehyWUFFLES very nearly became Tallaght’s first Garda dog this week, when the dapper 10-year-old dog was handed into the local ...