Author: Chris Sweeney

€50,000 set aside for upgrade works on Orwell roundabout

€50,000 set aside for upgrade works on Orwell roundabout

News

By Aideen O'Flaherty UPGRADE works on the Orwell Roundabout in Templeogue have hit a snag as South Dublin County Council cannot yet carry ...

St Joseph’s pupils help launch National Spring Clean campaign

St Joseph’s pupils help launch National Spring Clean campaign

News

THE NATIONAL Spring Clean campaign is Ireland’s largest and longest running anti-litter campaign. In 2018 the initiative celebrates its 20th Year and ...

Nevaeh’s organs saved the lives of five people

Nevaeh’s organs saved the lives of five people

News

By Brendan Grehan LAST WEEK, Organ Donor Awareness Week was launched in the Mansion House. Among the guests were Crystal and Emmett Spollen, ...

Political party members questioned after meeting

Political party members questioned after meeting

News

By Brendan Grehan A TALLAGHT-based Councillor has criticised An Garda Siochana after she claimed that she and her People Before Profit colleagues were ...

Family highlight need to celebrate what makes us different

Family highlight need to celebrate what makes us different

Tallaght

By Aura McMenamin  ONE TALLAGHT mother has highlighted the need to celebrate what makes us different as humans, following World Down Syndrome ...

First apple tree planted in Lucan under Have Your Say initiative

First apple tree planted in Lucan under Have Your Say initiative

Lucan

THE FIRST of 70 native apple trees was planted in Lucan this week as part of the €300k Have Your Say initiative. ...

No major incidents reported at hubs in Walkinstown and Crumlin

No major incidents reported at hubs in Walkinstown and Crumlin

News

By Maurice Garvey ONE person was removed from the men’s homeless hub in Walkinstown since it opened at Christmas. Despite major concerns in ...

Self-employed man fraudulently claimed €40k in illness benefit

Self-employed man fraudulently claimed €40k in illness benefit

News

By Fiona Ferguson A SELF-employed man who fraudulently claimed almost €40,000 in illness benefit over a six year period has been jailed for ...

Dublin City Council purchase school for development of housing

Dublin City Council purchase school for development of housing

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey COUNCILLORS have called for a historic area of Drimnagh to be included in a major regeneration plan, after Dublin ...

Rewind – Saint Anne’s Bohernabreena – 150 years of history

Rewind – Saint Anne’s Bohernabreena – 150 years of history

Arts & Culture

By Sean Heffernan AS YOU stand outside  the wonderful picturesque setting that is St Anne’s Church in Bohernabreena, it’s hard to believe ...