Author: Echo Staff

Clean up the poo, and keep the paths clear

Clean up the poo, and keep the paths clear

News

South Dublin dog owners are being encouraged to clean up after their dogs as part of Vision Ireland’s campaign, Clear Our Paths. ...

Family puzzled as to why lung cancer could cause dad’s death

Family puzzled as to why lung cancer could cause dad’s death

Tallaght

A 59-year-old Dublin man who had played a competitive game of hurling for his GAA club a few months before his death ...

Dubs captain opens Lidl Newcastle store

Dubs captain opens Lidl Newcastle store

Lucan

Dublin Ladies Gaelic Football Captain Carla Rowe was the guest of honour to cut the ribbon and officially open Lidl Ireland’s brand-new ...

Clinical work by street symphony orchestra

Clinical work by street symphony orchestra

Tallaght

Tallaght University Hospital hosted the Ricciotti ensemble as they visited Ireland on their Shamrock Shuffle tour. The Ricciotti ensemble is a street ...

Council in running for top excellence awards in 2024

Council in running for top excellence awards in 2024

News

South Dublin County Council has been shortlisted in nine categories in the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards 2024 The 2024 ...

Nature on our doorsteps: Butterflies and the weather

Nature on our doorsteps: Butterflies and the weather

Arts & Culture

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

Salvation Army homeless hub now houses 62 families

Salvation Army homeless hub now houses 62 families

News

A move away from local authority house construction has pushed more and more children into economic homelessness, causing a ‘traumatic breach’ of ...

Local Faces: Buddy Mansfield

Local Faces: Buddy Mansfield

Tallaght

Buddy Mansfield of Brittas is one of those people who hold communities together. A taxi driver and lifelong resident of the fine ...

Relay for Life raises over €20k

Relay for Life raises over €20k

Clondalkin

“OUR MOTTO is: One Day, One Night, One Community, One Fight,” said Caroline Corcoran, Chairperson of the South County Dublin branch of ...

Local history with Albert Perris: The Memoirs of Willie Kennedy

Local history with Albert Perris: The Memoirs of Willie Kennedy

Echo Rewind

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