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Author: Alessia Micalizzi
Concerns scrambler ‘near misses with kids playing on the street’
Over twenty scrambler bikes were seized in Tallaght in four months according to South Dublin County Council, while residents keep reporting their ...
Department is committed to offering supports to school
The Department of Education is committed to “offering all available and appropriate supports” to a Killinarden school that nearly had to close ...
Echo.ie gives us unlimited space – Print still matters, but online allows us to thrive
In its 45 years of business, The Echo navigated a constantly evolving media sector and soon understood that going online could be ...
Derelict Sites Register lists 24 properties with two entered over 10 years ago and three five years ago
Thirteen properties have been added to South Dublin County Council’s Derelict Sites Register in 2024, with one property added so far in ...
Refusal of council puts club plans in jeopardy
A football club’s requests for new storage and changing rooms “have fallen on deaf ears,” and had them consider “if it is ...
Residents’ succeed in campaign for play space in community
Residents were successful in their campaign for a play space in Balrothery as South Dublin County Council will now consider it “in ...
Neighbours object to house wrap-around insulation
Homeowners who externally insulated their house without planning permission are now being objected to “in the strongest possible terms” by their neighbours. ...
The watchdog of the community
It certainly takes more than a newspaper article to describe the impact of The Echo on the community it has served for ...
Local family business The Echo newspaper celebrating 45 years
An independent, community-oriented newspaper, The Echo is also a family story, with the second generation of the Kennedys having taken over the ...
Mary dedicated her whole life caring for other people
“You couldn’t help but admire her,” said Canon William Deverell about Mary Lucas who died in tragic circumstances in her home in ...