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Drones were ‘invaluable’ in controlling bonfire build-up

Drones were ‘invaluable’ in controlling bonfire build-up

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey INTELLIGENCE-based operations, including the use of drones, “proved invaluable” in monitoring parts of Dublin South Central in the lead-up to ...

Thief gets 200 hours community service

Thief gets 200 hours community service

Clondalkin

A THIEF who carried out a series of thefts from shops in Liffey Valley three years ago has been sentenced to 200 ...

Accessible community garden opens in the heart of Firhouse

Accessible community garden opens in the heart of Firhouse

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy AN ACCESSIBLE community garden has been officially opened on a small patch of land in the heart of Firhouse. For ...

Raising funds for copd

Raising funds for copd

Tallaght

By Brendan Grehan CLONDALKIN woman Letitia Swardt has been living with COPD for the last 12 years. COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) is ...

Elderly residents feel they are ‘fobbed off’

Elderly residents feel they are ‘fobbed off’

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey ELDERLY residents at a senior citizen complex in Ballyfermot claim they have been trying for years to get the council ...

480 build-to-let apartments planned for Cosgrave site

480 build-to-let apartments planned for Cosgrave site

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty A PLANNING notice for the proposed development of 480 build-to-let apartments and 110 build-to-sell apartments at the site of the ...

Four years driving ban for no insurance

Four years driving ban for no insurance

Lucan

A DRIVER who had no insurance was put off the road for four years by Blanchardstown District Court. Judge John Hughes also ...

Young people make a huge difference to family life

Young people make a huge difference to family life

Tallaght

By Mary Deenehy TALLAGHT’s inherent sense of volunteering and caring for others continues to be passed down through generations, with this year’s Heart ...

Lifetime of Giving Award for Bridie, Rose and Aidan

Lifetime of Giving Award for Bridie, Rose and Aidan

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy THE steps taken by Tallaght and its residents over the past six decades were recognised at this year’s Tallaght Person ...

Man threatened to cut off priest’s fingers with knife

Man threatened to cut off priest’s fingers with knife

Tallaght

By Brion Hoban A man with a religious persecution disorder who followed a parish priest into a sacristy with a knife and threatened ...