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Liffey Descent 60th marathon race takes centre stage in Lucan and Islandbridge

Liffey Descent 60th marathon race takes centre stage in Lucan and Islandbridge

Lucan

By William O'Connor The Liffey Descent, celebrates the 60th race this year and the international event takes place this Saturday, September 14 making ...

Food with JP Passion – Who doesn’t love fish and chips

Food with JP Passion – Who doesn’t love fish and chips

Arts & Culture

By John Paul Kennedy John paul kennedy is a self-taught cook and an avid fan of collecting cookery books with a passion for ...

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Carpets – Replicating Oasis MTV Unplugged for one night only

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Carpets – Replicating Oasis MTV Unplugged for one night only

Arts & Culture

By Hayden Moore For many teenagers growing up in the 1990s, the major scene everybody was into was the rave one. That was ...

Nature on our doorsteps – Bog Asphodel

Nature on our doorsteps – Bog Asphodel

Arts & Culture

By Rosaleen Dwyer Rosaleen Dwyer is the County Heritage Officer at South Dublin County Council – every week she gives us an insight ...

A New Normal – outreach support group established in Clondalkin

A New Normal – outreach support group established in Clondalkin

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey A TERRIFYING reality for residents who have lost a loved one to suicide, is how lonely and adrift they feel, ...

Superintendent to retire from top job

Superintendent to retire from top job

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey CLONDALKIN Garda Superintendent Brendan Connolly is set to retire on September 12, after seven years in the hot seat at ...

Red Line Festival opens new chapter

Red Line Festival opens new chapter

News

By Mary Dennehy THE Red Line Book Festival was this week officially launched, opening a new chapter for the community-based literary festival. On ...

FoodCloud meals help up to 40 families

FoodCloud meals help up to 40 families

Tallaght

UP TO 40 families are benefitting from FoodCloud meals each week, according to Independent Councillor Francis Timmons. Cllr Timmons, who organises Clondalkin ...

‘Whatever I gave, I gained 10 times in return’ – Fr Joe

‘Whatever I gave, I gained 10 times in return’ – Fr Joe

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey THE Ballyfermot parish of St Matthew’s paid tribute this week to Fr Joe McDonald – the ‘big fella’ – who ...

Young people wait 6 months for mental  health services

Young people wait 6 months for mental health services

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy SOME 24 children and young people have been waiting up to six months to access mental health services in Dublin ...