Author: Chris Sweeney

Gardai warn elderly of door-to-door sellers

Gardai warn elderly of door-to-door sellers

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey  GARDAI have urged elderly residents not to engage with door-to-door sellers – in light of a dispute this week ...

New healthcare centre expected to employ 36

New healthcare centre expected to employ 36

News

By Maurice Garvey  CONSTRUCTION work on the new Rowlagh Primary Healthcare Centre is expected to begin in early 2019. Planning permission for ...

Dublin football manager Jim Gavin gets city pub renamed after him

Dublin football manager Jim Gavin gets city pub renamed after him

Latest

By Mary Dennehy CLONDALKIN legend Jim Gavin is not only on the cusp of leading Dublin to a four-in-a-row All Ireland senior ...

Red Line Book Festival attracts the top stars of literature and arts

Red Line Book Festival attracts the top stars of literature and arts

Arts & Culture

By William O' Connor  A HOST of top Irish and international authors are set to descend on South Dublin as the Red ...

Celebrations for the 10th anniversary of festival

Celebrations for the 10th anniversary of festival

Lucan

By Aideen O'Flaherty  A NEW live rock band stage will be a feature of this year’s Lucan Festival, which will be celebrating ...

Snapshot guide to daily activities for the over-55s

Snapshot guide to daily activities for the over-55s

Arts & Culture

By Mary Dennehy FROM sports to computers and art to gardening, there’s a diverse and vibrant selection of daily activities for local ...

Clean-up yields 74 bags of rubbish

Clean-up yields 74 bags of rubbish

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy AROUND 2,200 glass bottles and 1,400 cans were removed from a 30-metre stretch of the Whitestown Stream in Tallaght ...

Institution survivor declined invitation to Papal Mass

Institution survivor declined invitation to Papal Mass

Clondalkin

By Aideen O'Flaherty  A MAN who spent the first 16 years of his life in two mother and baby institutions and was ...

‘Meeting the Pope was an enormous experience’

‘Meeting the Pope was an enormous experience’

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy MEETING Pope Francis in the Capuchin Day Centre for the Homeless last Saturday was an “enormous experience” for Brother ...