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Dementia – Staying connected

Dementia – Staying connected

Arts & Culture

As part of World Alzheimer Month this September, The Echo, in partnership with the HSE’s Dementia: Understand Together campaign, is featuring a ...

Children to receive art books

Children to receive art books

Clondalkin

By Hayden Moore CHILDREN in family hubs and a direct provision centre in South Dublin are set to receive new books as part ...

Wildflower patch adds splash of colour

Wildflower patch adds splash of colour

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty THE planting of pollinator-friendly wildflowers and bulbs near the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Firhouse has resulted ...

Routine endoscopy tests remain challenging due to capacity pressure

Routine endoscopy tests remain challenging due to capacity pressure

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty ACCESS to routine endoscopy tests in Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) “remains challenging due to capacity pressures” following the suspension of ...

SDCC Dev Plan: Natural Heritage and Biodiversity

SDCC Dev Plan: Natural Heritage and Biodiversity

News

By Aideen O'Flaherty South Dublin County Council has started the process of reviewing the County Development Plan, with those living across communities invited ...

All eyes on Padraig at the Pat Treacy event in Slade Valley

All eyes on Padraig at the Pat Treacy event in Slade Valley

Tallaght

By Hayden Moore ALL eyes were on Padraig Harrington when he took part in the Pat Treacy Memorial Team Event in Slade Valley ...

Plans for development of small BMX track at Mount Carmel

Plans for development of small BMX track at Mount Carmel

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty THERE are plans for the development of a small BMX track at Mount Carmel Park in Firhouse, according to South ...

Modifications to be made to kissing gates

Modifications to be made to kissing gates

Tallaght

MODIFICATIONS to council-designed kissing gates to include a lockable and unlockable section, in order to give greater access to park users in ...

Residents anger at overgrown footpaths and green spaces

Residents anger at overgrown footpaths and green spaces

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey GRASS cutting works in the county were impacted by Covid-19 restrictions in March/April, while heavy rainfall in July/August exacerbated the ...

Local Faces: Claire Garvey

Local Faces: Claire Garvey

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey STUDYING for a Masters in Russia without knowing the language and battling a gang of hardened elderly babooshkas at a ...