Author: James Roulston Mooney

Family raise €20,000 for hospice in memory of their mother Lorraine

Family raise €20,000 for hospice in memory of their mother Lorraine

Clondalkin

A Clondalkin family who raised €20,000 in honour of a loved one said that they plan to continue to fundraise for Our ...

126 vacant homes brought back into use in 2025

126 vacant homes brought back into use in 2025

News

Over 100 vacant social homes were brought back into use across South Dublin in 2025 after over €2 million in funding from ...

Leaves block storm drains at junction of estates

Leaves block storm drains at junction of estates

Tallaght

The removal of trees at estates in Rathfarnham would not have changed the outcome of Storm Chandra due to the high amount ...

Old Tanning Factory site not listed on Derelict List Register

Old Tanning Factory site not listed on Derelict List Register

News

The council is engaging with the owner of Old Tanning Factory in Bohernabreena but it has yet to be listed on their ...

Train capacity to increase by 2027

Train capacity to increase by 2027

News

Iarnród Éireann has indicated that capacity on trains serving Clondalkin, Palmerstown and Adamstown will increase in 2027 after calls from politicians and ...

Concerns over future of drugs task forces

Concerns over future of drugs task forces

Clondalkin

Concerns have been raised about the future of local task forces in areas like Ballyfermot and Clondalkin after the draft National Drug ...

Calls for seating in parks to be wheelchair accessible

Calls for seating in parks to be wheelchair accessible

Lucan

Calls have been made to make the seating in Airlie Park in Lucan wheelchair accessible “just to even make one bench usable” ...

‘We need a tougher clamp down on scramblers and e-scooters’

‘We need a tougher clamp down on scramblers and e-scooters’

News

Calls have been made to increase powers to seize scramblers and e-scooters and take them off streets in Clondalkin, Tallaght and other ...

School waiting too long for permanent home

School waiting too long for permanent home

Ballyfermot

A school in Ballyfermot is ‘hindered’ by the lack of an up-to-date premises to cater for its students as progression on works ...

€700,000 allocated for pothole works

€700,000 allocated for pothole works

Clondalkin

The number of pothole reports in Tallaght, Clondalkin and Rathfarnham are increasing on an annual basis, according to the council. Senior Engineer ...