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Man (50) charged with over €4,000 in social welfare fraud

Man (50) charged with over €4,000 in social welfare fraud

Lucan

A MAN will be tried in the Circuit Court over a €4k social welfare fraud. A Solicitor for the DPP told Judge ...

Joy for Danielle’s family with news of new home

Joy for Danielle’s family with news of new home

News

By Aideen O'Flaherty A YOUNG mother has secured a new house through the HAP scheme, after an estate agent saw a video of ...

Council has identified five people sleeping rough

Council has identified five people sleeping rough

Clondalkin

SOUTH Dublin County Council are aware of five rough sleepers in the Clondalkin area at present – however, they acknowledged the situation ...

Teenage driver (18) gets away with driving ban ‘by the skin of his teeth’

Teenage driver (18) gets away with driving ban ‘by the skin of his teeth’

Tallaght

A TEENAGE driver who had no insurance left Tallaght Court without a driving ban “by the skin of his teeth”. Luke Wilson’s ...

New migraine drug being considered by European Commission after ‘good results’

New migraine drug being considered by European Commission after ‘good results’

Latest

By Mark Keane A new drug to prevent migraines could soon become accessible to Irish sufferers. Emgality, a preventative drug, has received marketing ...

Check out this week’s local education and training opportunities

Check out this week’s local education and training opportunities

Latest

The Echo has a host of exciting education, training and upskilling opportunities this week, which cover a diverse range of career possibilities - and ...

Hard work pays off for Tidy Towns groups and volunteers

Hard work pays off for Tidy Towns groups and volunteers

News

By Brendan Grehan VILLAGES and towns in South Dublin that entered this years Tidy Towns performed well again in the competition. Ahead of ...

Ciarán Carr annual 5k run in Corkagh Park

Ciarán Carr annual 5k run in Corkagh Park

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey THE Ciarán Carr Foundation is hosting their annual 5k run in Corkagh Park on Sunday, September 30, reports Maurice Garvey. ...

Horse Aware Week will educate and train children

Horse Aware Week will educate and train children

Tallaght

By William O'Connor THE Fettercairn Horse Aware Week will culminate in an open day at the Fettercairn Youth Horse Project this Saturday, September ...

Hard-working delivery driver crushed to death by a forklift

Hard-working delivery driver crushed to death by a forklift

Lucan

By Louise Roseingrave A 33-year-old delivery driver was crushed by a forklift as he walked through a warehouse waiting to load construction materials. ...