Author: Aideen O'Flaherty

Credit Union schools quiz proves a big hit with pupils

Credit Union schools quiz proves a big hit with pupils

Tallaght

TWO teams from St Kilian’s National School in Kingswood won a Credit Union School Quiz last week and will now compete in ...

Skull The Pierre’s New Single

Skull The Pierre’s New Single

Arts & Culture

Crumlin-based hip-hop musician Pierre Miguel Fonseca, aka Skull the Pierre, recently released a single that looks at ignorance and racism, interspersed with ...

Coffee shop and office plans constitute a traffic hazard

Coffee shop and office plans constitute a traffic hazard

Property

PERMISSION has been refused for the construction of a two-storey, own-door coffee shop and office development connected to the Centra at Whitechurch ...

Woman who tampered with gas meter is fined €1,600

Woman who tampered with gas meter is fined €1,600

Tallaght

A TALLAGHT woman was recently fined €1,600 after being convicted on three charges of unlawful interference with a gas meter and dishonestly ...

Students create strong friendship bonds making musical ‘Footloose’

Students create strong friendship bonds making musical ‘Footloose’

Tallaght

TRANSITION Year students from Firhouse Community College delighted audiences with their annual school show last week, which this year was an energetic ...

Attendance at school parent teacher meeting down 50%

Attendance at school parent teacher meeting down 50%

News

ATTENDANCE at a local school’s parent-teacher meeting was down by 50 per cent as bus routes continue to be curtailed in the ...

Council CEO to retire from his role this year

Council CEO to retire from his role this year

News

THE current chief executive of South Dublin County Council, Daniel McLoughlin, will retire from his role later this year, reports Aideen O’Flaherty. ...

Parade goes from strength to strength

Parade goes from strength to strength

Clondalkin

THE vibrant theme for this year’s Clondalkin St Patrick’s Day Parade is ‘Diversity – The United Colours of Clondalkin’, with the aim ...

Novelist and Critic: Rathcoole native Kevin Power delves into his upbringing

Novelist and Critic: Rathcoole native Kevin Power delves into his upbringing

Arts & Culture

Novelist and critic Kevin Power delved into his upbringing in Rathcoole in a lecture he gave at the Bray Literary Festival last ...

€22m allocated for cycling and pedestrian infrastructure

€22m allocated for cycling and pedestrian infrastructure

News

OVER €22m has been allocated to South Dublin County Council by the National Transport Authority for the development of pedestrian and cycling ...