Author: Chris Sweeney

‘As a community, you couldn’t have gotten any better than Newtown Park’

‘As a community, you couldn’t have gotten any better than Newtown Park’

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty EIGHTY years ago, 25 families moved into Newtown Park, a new housing estate in Tallaght where each house had ...

Jobstown Boxing Club rise back from the ashes

Jobstown Boxing Club rise back from the ashes

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy JOBSTOWN Boxing Club has risen from the ashes of last November’s fire, which brought down sections of the clubhouse ...

Playground to get makeover

Playground to get makeover

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A PLAYGROUND which has been the subject of “ongoing issues”, including vandalism, since it first opened has now been earmarked by South ...

Anger at ‘outrageous’ noise from roadworks

Anger at ‘outrageous’ noise from roadworks

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By Aideen O'Flaherty RESIDENTS living in the vicinity of Scholarstown Road in Knocklyon were kept awake by late night roadworks, with a local ...

Uninsured driver off the road for four years

Uninsured driver off the road for four years

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By Brendan Grehan AN UNINSURED driver was put off the road for four years by Tallaght Court. Judge Patricia McNamara also sentenced Shane ...

Special housing meeting described ‘a damp squib’

Special housing meeting described ‘a damp squib’

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By Aideen O'Flaherty A SPECIAL meeting that was held by South Dublin County Council to address the need for housing within the county ...

Thieves steal smoke alarms from vacant social housing site

Thieves steal smoke alarms from vacant social housing site

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey SMOKE alarms were among the items stolen from vacant properties at the new housing development in Cherry Orchard. The new ...

2,567 requests logged for tree maintenance

2,567 requests logged for tree maintenance

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A TOTAL of 2,567 requests for tree maintenance were logged with South Dublin County Council from January this year up to September ...

Grave spaces available in only four cemeteries

Grave spaces available in only four cemeteries

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By Brendan Grehan  GRAVE purchases are only available in four South Dublin County Council cemeteries, the council heard at its October monthly ...

‘With his record he is a ticking time-bomb’

‘With his record he is a ticking time-bomb’

Clondalkin

By Brendan Grehan A MAN who “fell off the wagon” on the same day his mother had a stroke and after he sold ...