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Pensioner has stroke  after house ‘destroyed’ while attending mass

Pensioner has stroke after house ‘destroyed’ while attending mass

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyAN ELDERLY lady who returned from Mass to find her house ransacked had a stroke and was hospitalised as a ...

Echo Sport preview 4 November 2015

Echo Sport preview 4 November 2015

News

By Simon WalshThere’s only one place to start in this week’s Echo Sport and that’s with the Dublin SFC final win for ...

Did you miss any of the biggest stories from last week’s Echo? Right this way…

Did you miss any of the biggest stories from last week’s Echo? Right this way…

Ballyfermot

By Simon WalshNews that a man had been arrested in relation to a vicious afternoon mugging on a senior citizen in Tallaght ...

Sports clubs to benefit  from new pavilion plans

Sports clubs to benefit from new pavilion plans

Clondalkin

By Laura LynePLANS for the development of sports pavilions in Tallaght, Clondalkin and Lucan have been put to Part 8 public consultation, ...

Booting up the future for Swazi soccer youth

Booting up the future for Swazi soccer youth

News

By Mary DennehyMORE than 150 pairs of used soccer boots are this week leaving Tallaght on a 10,000km journey to sub-Saharan Africa, ...

Pill-sized camera now used by hospital in place of colonoscopy

Pill-sized camera now used by hospital in place of colonoscopy

News

By Mary DennehyTHE country’s first Pillcam has been successfully taken by patients at Tallaght Hospital, an innovative medical development which will reduce ...

Ballyfermot group launch Ninth  Lock microbrewery cooperative

Ballyfermot group launch Ninth Lock microbrewery cooperative

Ballyfermot

Maurice GarveySOCIAL enterprise network Sedco are working on a plan to develop a site for a local cooperative microbrewery. The Ballyfermot based ...

Council examine options for homeless hostel in Clondalkin area

Council examine options for homeless hostel in Clondalkin area

Clondalkin

By Brendan GrehanSOUTH DUBLIN County Council are currently examining suitable sites for a homeless hostel in Clondalkin. At last week’s Clondalkin area ...

Armed thieves tie up night porter and escape with €6,000

Armed thieves tie up night porter and escape with €6,000

Lucan

By Brendan GrehanGARDAÍ IN Lucan are investigating an armed robbery that happened at Finnstown House on Tuesday morning (October 27). A Garda ...