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Author: Echo Staff
Domestic abuse related calls to gardai increased last year by 8.3% nationally
DOMESTIC abuse related calls to gardai increased in 2024 – by 8.3 per cent nationally and by over 10 per cent in ...
Council’s repairs maintenance unanswered responses come in for serious criticism
Serious concerns over the inadequate response times for housing maintenance in South Dublin County Council (SDCC), particularly in the Balgaddy area, have ...
Former manager of Daughters of Charity is jailed for sexually abusing his nephew
A former manager of a Daughters of Charity family centre in Dublin has been jailed for four years for sexually abusing his ...
‘Somebody trusted him with this money’ man caught with over €85,000 at home
A man who was caught with over €85,000 in cash at his home has been jailed for money laundering, reports Sonya McLean. ...
Community service for man who stole €21,000 alcohol order
A business man who stole an order of alcohol valued at over €20,000 has been ordered to do community service in lieu ...
‘Comprehensive’ upgrades for doors and windows earmarked for 140 Tallaght homes
Doors and windows upgrades for 140 homes in Tallaght are waiting to be carried out by South Dublin County Council, according to ...
Developer applies for primary school outline planning permission
RESIDENTIAL developer Quintain Developments has applied for outline permission for the construction of a primary school made up of 32 classrooms in ...
Local Faces: Dolores James
BALLYFERMOT is a Dublin suburb full of wonderful people, writes Ken Doyle. The unwarranted bad name it acquired over the years was ...
Nature on our doorsteps: Free-living honeybees
Rosaleen Dwyer is the County Heritage Officer at South Dublin County Council – every week she gives us an insight into the ...
Historians and residents spearhead the restoration of St Brigid’s Well at Tay Lane
FROM ANCIENT times, St Brigid’s Well at Tay Lane was a place of veneration. Devotion to St Brigid was widespread in Leinster ...