Author: Aideen O'Flaherty

Estate pedestrian access is used as a ‘dumping ground’

Estate pedestrian access is used as a ‘dumping ground’

Tallaght

THE pedestrian access from Kilmartin estate to Cheeverstown Road in Tallaght is being “used and abused as a dumping ground” for litter. ...

Children with additional needs set to become junior lifeguards

Children with additional needs set to become junior lifeguards

Tallaght

AN INNOVATIVE new programme that will see children with additional needs become qualified junior lifeguards was recently launched in Tallaght Leisure Centre. ...

‘I’ve found it so rewarding and they’re just amazing human beings,’ says SNA Denise

‘I’ve found it so rewarding and they’re just amazing human beings,’ says SNA Denise

Tallaght

DENISE O’Brien is set to retire this week after spending more than two decades working as a special needs assistant (SNA) in ...

€50 fee ‘reprehensible’ for people to lodge submissions for BusConnects proposals

€50 fee ‘reprehensible’ for people to lodge submissions for BusConnects proposals

Tallaght

THE €50 fee for lodging submissions on BusConnects proposals has been branded “reprehensible” by a Tallaght councillor. Compulsory purchase orders for the ...

ABP overturn council decision on apartment block

ABP overturn council decision on apartment block

News

DUBLIN City Council’s decision to refuse permission for a part-two/part-five storey apartment block on the Old Naas Road has been overturned on ...

HSE seek to permanently retain Chamber House as medical centre

HSE seek to permanently retain Chamber House as medical centre

News

PERMISSION is being sought to permanently retain the change of use of Chamber House in Tallaght from civic offices to a medical ...

Extension of duration of planning for school prefab

Extension of duration of planning for school prefab

Ballyfermot

THE board of management of Our Lady of Mercy Secondary School on Mourne Road in Drimnagh is seeking an extension to the ...

Future development of Grange Castle will create 12,000 jobs

Future development of Grange Castle will create 12,000 jobs

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THE future development of lands at Grange Castle West will support the creation of up to 12,000 jobs, according to South Dublin ...

‘Colossal’ amount of drug paraphernalia at Luas stop

‘Colossal’ amount of drug paraphernalia at Luas stop

News

A “COLOSSAL” amount of drug paraphernalia has been dumped at the Cheeverstown Luas stop, while ‘huts’ along that section of the Luas ...

‘I don’t see the necessity for it’ issues over link road plan

‘I don’t see the necessity for it’ issues over link road plan

Tallaght

CONCERNS about the proposed development of a link road in Kilnamanagh as part of the BusConnects scheme continued to be shared at ...