Author: Chris Sweeney

Need for girls to become more involved in STEM

Need for girls to become more involved in STEM

News

TO MARK Girls in ICT Day, Microsoft released research showing the critical importance of role models in generating interest in STEM amongst ...

Raising funds for DEBRA Ireland

Raising funds for DEBRA Ireland

News

By Aideen O'Flaherty A NUMBER of avid runners braved one of Ireland’s toughest mountain races last month to raise funds for DEBRA Ireland, ...

Rewind – Baldonnel Aerodrome – Home of the Irish Aer Corps

Rewind – Baldonnel Aerodrome – Home of the Irish Aer Corps

Arts & Culture

By Sean Heffernan  THE SKIES the limit for this week's column as I write about Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel. The airfield was ...

Ballyfermot undo Emmets in decider

Ballyfermot undo Emmets in decider

Sport

BALLYFERMOT De La Salle Under 14 footballers came out on top in the Division Seven Féile Final against Robert Emmets in Tallaght ...

Jude’s on double in Tallaght Stadium

Jude’s on double in Tallaght Stadium

Sport

ST JUDE’S Under 14 footballers got a double helping of Féile success in Tallaght Stadium on Sunday after they claimed the Division ...

Walshe and Coyne strike gold in ISF World Schools Games

Walshe and Coyne strike gold in ISF World Schools Games

Sport

ELLEN Walshe and Niamh Coyne made quite an impact at the ISF World Schools Games in Casablanca recently. Not only was this ...

Firhouse on the brink

Firhouse on the brink

Sport

FIRHOUSE Clover manager Keith Baker will lead his side into this season’s FAI Intermediate Cup Final against Maynooth University in the Aviva ...

Alice Lynskey – Singer releases debut single

Alice Lynskey – Singer releases debut single

Arts & Culture

By Aideen O'Flaherty A SINGER-SONGWRITER whose first taste of performing was when she sang and danced on the Olympia stage as a seven-year-old ...

Civic Summer Season – Theatre launch their exciting listings

Civic Summer Season – Theatre launch their exciting listings

Arts & Culture

This week, Niamh Honer, Audience Development and Marketing Manager with the Civic Theatre, writes for The Echo about the Tallaght-based theatre's summer ...

Paddy Casey – New double album in the pipeline

Paddy Casey – New double album in the pipeline

Arts & Culture

By Aideen O'Flaherty  PADDY Casey first set the Irish music scene alight in 1999 with the release of his hugely successful debut ...