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Great-granny Evelyn becomes instant success with the nation

Great-granny Evelyn becomes instant success with the nation

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy SELFIES, autographs and being “mobbed” in The Square is a way of life now for great-granny Evelyn Williams, who became ...

Opinion – What has the internet done to and for journalism?

Opinion – What has the internet done to and for journalism?

Arts & Culture

By Brenda Mockler As a second-generation owner of The Echo in Dublin (established in 1980 by my father in our sitting room), when ...

Requests to raise wall at historic site rejected

Requests to raise wall at historic site rejected

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey SOUTH Dublin County Council have rejected requests to raise the wall at historic Mount St Joseph’s Cemetery in Clondalkin – ...

Youth allegedly caught in possession of 9mm blank pistol

Youth allegedly caught in possession of 9mm blank pistol

News

A YOUTH who was allegedly caught in possession of a 9mm blank pistol has been sent forward for trial to the Circuit ...

Teen Sean undergoes 11-hours of surgery after hit-and-run

Teen Sean undergoes 11-hours of surgery after hit-and-run

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy GARDAI have made a direct appeal to the driver of the car involved in a hit-and-run incident in Tallaght last ...

‘My horizons have been broadened. Truth is a big subject and one never stops learning’

‘My horizons have been broadened. Truth is a big subject and one never stops learning’

Tallaght

Dermot Dowdall is studying for his Masters in Biblical Studies at the Priory Institute in Tallaght. He is about to start into ...

This week’s front pages – 8 February 2018 edition

This week’s front pages – 8 February 2018 edition

Latest

Check out this week's Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan and Ballyfermot front pages... The Echo is in local shops today!    Tallaght   Clondalkin

Teen arrested in connection with fatal stabbing of man (52) in Balgaddy, Lucan

Teen arrested in connection with fatal stabbing of man (52) in Balgaddy, Lucan

Latest

By Mary Dennehy A MAN in his late teens is being detained at Ronanstown Garda Station in connection with a fatal stabbing that ...

89-year-old lady tricked into giving man cash from bank

89-year-old lady tricked into giving man cash from bank

Tallaght

By Aoife Nic Ardghail A MAN who tricked an 89-year-old Tallaght woman into giving him cash from her bank account by pretending he ...

Gardai at Tallaght looking for leads on this missing dog

Gardai at Tallaght looking for leads on this missing dog

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Do you recognise this dog? The cute pooch was this morning handed into Tallaght Garda Station after it was found wandering around ...