Author: Ellen Gough

Village Green ‘enhancement’ on course after delay

Village Green ‘enhancement’ on course after delay

Lucan

Work on the Lucan Village Green will be completed by autumn this year, after a slight “delay to allow trout spawning” on ...

Allegations of abuse towards prisoners by staff in Cloverhill

Allegations of abuse towards prisoners by staff in Cloverhill

Clondalkin

SOME Prison staff at Cloverhill Prison falsified records of two prisoners who were found dead in cells, and used “excess force” to ...

Backlash against destruction of memorial garden  for car park

Backlash against destruction of memorial garden for car park

News

Plans to replace a memorial garden in Rathfarnham with car-parking spaces have been reworked following a major public backlash. As part of ...

Rumours about change of use for hotel are shown to be untrue

Rumours about change of use for hotel are shown to be untrue

News

Online rumours that a four-star Clondalkin hotel is to be used as a centre for international protection applicants have been proven false. ...

All-weather pitch granted for Lucan  Sarsfields but floodlights refused

All-weather pitch granted for Lucan Sarsfields but floodlights refused

Lucan

Planning permission has been granted for the construction of a new all-weather pitch for Lucan Sarsfields. However, permission has been refused for ...

Dubliner cycling 1,100km from Netherlands to Italy for Debra

Dubliner cycling 1,100km from Netherlands to Italy for Debra

Clondalkin

A thrill-seeking Dubliner is gearing up for an 1,100 km cycle from The Netherlands to Italy – for an extremely good cause. Kalebh ...

Conditions and revisions called ‘unwarranted and unreasonable’

Conditions and revisions called ‘unwarranted and unreasonable’

Property

Dalata Hotel Group have lodged an appeal over conditions attached to planning permission for new illuminated signs on the Maldron Hotel at ...

Thumbs-up for 265 apartments on Terenure College grounds

Thumbs-up for 265 apartments on Terenure College grounds

News

An Coimisiún Pleanála (ACP) has granted planning permission for 265 apartments to be built in four blocks at Terenure College, overturning a ...

Mobile library’s wheelchair lifts found wanting after inspections

Mobile library’s wheelchair lifts found wanting after inspections

News

Two of the council’s three Mobile Library vehicles are undergoing repairs to their wheelchair lifts. South Dublin County Council’s library services operate ...

Permission granted for new Gaelscoil under construction

Permission granted for new Gaelscoil under construction

Clondalkin

Planning permission has been granted for a three-storey extension to a new Gaelscoil campus already under construction on the Old Nangor Road. ...