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Over €2m funding for SDCC housing upgrades

Over €2m funding for SDCC housing upgrades

News

By Maurice Garvey OVER €2 million of funding has been made available for South Dublin County Council to draw on for housing upgrades. ...

Crime increases by  37 per cent in some South County areas

Crime increases by 37 per cent in some South County areas

Lucan

By Aideen O'Flaherty THERE has been a significant increase in crimes in Rathcoole and Lucan, with Rathcoole seeing a 37 per cent increase ...

Rugby club raises over €11k for mental health charity

Rugby club raises over €11k for mental health charity

News

By Aideen O'Flaherty TALLAGHT Rugby Football Club has raised over €11,000 for mental health charity Aware, ahead of a 24-hour challenge next week, ...

SDCC Development Plan: Changes made now will benefit future generations

SDCC Development Plan: Changes made now will benefit future generations

News

This week we continue a series that looks at the eight strategic issues that those living in South Dublin County can make ...

Tallaght Stadium Covid-19 test centre open five months

Tallaght Stadium Covid-19 test centre open five months

News

By Mary Dennehy THE HSE Covid-19 test centre at Tallaght Stadium has been open five months, with volunteers encouraging everyone, including those going ...

Accused torched ex-partner’s bin after finding her cheating on him

Accused torched ex-partner’s bin after finding her cheating on him

Tallaght

By Tom Tuite A 29-YEAR-OLD man, who claimed he torched his ex-partner’s wheelie bin after he “walked in” on her cheating with ...

Homeless on the streets of Tallaght

Homeless on the streets of Tallaght

News

By Hayden Moore A WOMAN who has been sleeping on the streets of Tallaght over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic has described ...

Nature on our doorsteps: Helping our butterflies

Nature on our doorsteps: Helping our butterflies

Arts & Culture

By Rosaleen Dwyer We have 35 different species of butterfly in Ireland. About 20 of these are referred to as being ‘general countryside ...

Pride in their park!

Pride in their park!

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy MORE than 50 community volunteers united last Saturday to clean Killinarden Park and its stream, a record turn-out of volunteers, ...

Plans for county museum go forward

Plans for county museum go forward

Tallaght

By Aideen O'flaherty PLANS for the development of a county museum in Tallaght have been unanimously supported by local councillors, and the councillor ...