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Author: Alessia Micalizzi
Toolkit to help tackle growing challenge of school avoidance
Understanding school absenteeism is key to fight it according to Tallaght-based Childhood Development Initiative who are launching the first online ‘toolkit’ for ...
Efficient public transport ‘is not going to be profitable but it needs to be done’
Providing West Dublin with efficient public transport “is not going to be profitable but it needs to be done,” said a councillor ...
Airbnb deny accusation of causing housing crisis
Short-term let platform Airbnb said they “are not the cause of long-standing housing challenges” in response to the number of listings in ...
Clash between 5k race and start of Mass causes problems
A lady in her 70s was going to “climb over” to get to Mass on St Patrick’s Day as a misunderstanding between ...
Drug-dealing lifestyle ‘only leads to prison or to death’
The young people of Tallaght won’t have the same opportunities as children from other areas as long as drug-dealing is so “normalised,” ...
Grandmother honoured for 55 years on school board of management
A school celebrated an 88-year-old parent and grandparent who has been involved in the school management since “the turning of the first ...
Plans to repair old wall damaged by Storm Eowyn
SOUTH Dublin County Council will need to appoint a contractor to repair a 11-meter section of an old wall damaged by a ...
Over 67% of hospital users were ‘satisfied’ with service
Over 67 per cent of Tallaght University Hospital users were “satisfied” with the service according to a new study. The Trinity College ...
Fr Ben was part of the community for years
Parishioners will remember fondly Reverend Father Benedict Hegarty O.P. who passed away on Wednesday, March 19. A Cork native and a member ...
Dumping rubbish in vacant council gardens is on the rise
South Dublin County Council will continue to use “less intrusive measures” to deter illegal dumping within housing estates in spite of councillors ...