Author: Mark

Man threatened wife with knife and slashed her tyres

Man threatened wife with knife and slashed her tyres

Tallaght

A Dublin man who boxed his estranged wife in the face, threatened her with a knife and slashed her car tyres has ...

Peamount Healthcare €24m 100-bed development begins

Peamount Healthcare €24m 100-bed development begins

News

By William O'Connor THE SOD was turned on the €24  million investment at Peamount Healthcare’s new 100-bed development in Newcastle on Wednesday morning. ...

€30,000 in awards presented to eight successful creative projects

€30,000 in awards presented to eight successful creative projects

News

By William O'Connor THE CREATIVE Ireland South Dublin Awards 2017, one of the highlights of the county’s Culture and Creativity Plan 2017, took ...

Nature on our doorsteps: Witch’s brooms

Nature on our doorsteps: Witch’s brooms

Arts & Culture

[caption id="attachment_94629" align="alignnone" width=""]Dense tangles of twigs form the witch's brooms[/caption]By Rosaleen Dwyer At this time of the season when trees are finally ...

Lollipop Ladies retire after almost 40 years helping children cross the road

Lollipop Ladies retire after almost 40 years helping children cross the road

News

After almost forty years combined service, two ‘Lollipop Ladies’ have hung up their yellow coats and lowered their Stop signs after serving ...

Kadjar donated to Rapid Response

Kadjar donated to Rapid Response

News

By William O'Connor Renault Ireland donated a Renault Kadjar crossover to the Irish Community Rapid Response (ICRR) operating in Dublin/Meath at a handover ...

Woman receives Probation Act for stealing Boots make-up worth €540 in Liffey Valley

Woman receives Probation Act for stealing Boots make-up worth €540 in Liffey Valley

News

A WOMAN who stole over €500 worth of make-up from Boots in Liffey Valley received the Probation Act in Blanchardstown District Court. ...

Check out this week’s Echo Jobs and Training: 13 December 2017 Edition

Check out this week’s Echo Jobs and Training: 13 December 2017 Edition

Jobs

In the latest update from the Echo Jobs and Training pages, there are offerings from a host of local organisations. These include: ...

Telephone counselling service to open every day over Christmas

Telephone counselling service to open every day over Christmas

News

By Mark Keane Telephone counselling and support service Connect is to extend its hours during Christmas, opening every evening from today, December 18 ...

Two arrested after heroin worth €363k seized in Tallaght

Two arrested after heroin worth €363k seized in Tallaght

Latest

By Mark Keane Gardaí from the Tallaght drugs unit discovered heroin with a street value of approximately €363,300, during a search in Russell ...