Author: Echo Staff

Corkagh Park works on track

Corkagh Park works on track

Clondalkin

UPGRADE works at Corkagh Park are on track according to South Dublin County Council. At the council meeting this week, Cllr William ...

Local Faces: Geoffrey McCarthy

Local Faces: Geoffrey McCarthy

Clondalkin

THIS week in our ‘Faces of the Community’ feature, we shine a light on Geoffrey McCarthy, manager of the incredibly important and ...

First-day joy for triplets as they start school

First-day joy for triplets as they start school

Tallaght

A LOCAL mother enjoyed a “chaotic” but memorable morning as she dropped her triplets to their first day of school at Scoil ...

Fire Brigade staff ‘delighted’ to raise €4,650 for St Luke’s

Fire Brigade staff ‘delighted’ to raise €4,650 for St Luke’s

Tallaght

DUBLIN Fire Brigade held an extremely successful fundraising event at The Square shopping centre on Saturday, August 31 in aid of St ...

Local history with Albert Perris: The Memoirs of Matty Dunbar

Local history with Albert Perris: The Memoirs of Matty Dunbar

Echo Rewind

The following memoir featured in ‘Since Adam was a Boy: An Oral Folk History of Tallaght’ published in 1999 by local historian ...

Nature on our doorsteps: The Gooseberry Sawfly

Nature on our doorsteps: The Gooseberry Sawfly

Arts & Culture

Rosaleen Dwyer is the County Heritage Officer at South Dublin County Council – every week she gives us an insight into nature ...

Motorist had twice legal level of alcohol

Motorist had twice legal level of alcohol

News

A banned motorist who was killed along with a passenger in his vehicle while fleeing gardaí in Dublin five years ago had ...

Climate Fest takes centre stage in Round Tower Visitor Centre

Climate Fest takes centre stage in Round Tower Visitor Centre

Clondalkin

Climate Fest, a FREE fun family event hosted by South Dublin County Council (SDCC), is taking place on Saturday, September 14 in ...

Match of the Week: Late points secure championship title for Jude’s

Match of the Week: Late points secure championship title for Jude’s

Sport

TWO late points deep in injury time, from player of the match Ava Lewis, secured the Go-Ahead Ireland Dublin LGFA Junior G ...

Pea’s turn attention to the league

Pea’s turn attention to the league

Sport

PEAMOUNT United’s UEFA Women’s Champions League qualifying journey came to an end last Saturday as they fell to a 2-1 loss to ...