Author: Mary Dennehy
‘Crack cocaine use is a permanent feature’
THE support needed by families and communities impacted on by a rise in crack cocaine use was the focus of an address ...
Everybody can do something to make the world more welcoming
“EVERYBODY can do something to make the world a more accessible and welcoming place,” according to Selina Bonnie, the council’s Disability Liaison, ...
3,500 meals delivered by family support service
AFTER delivering 3,500 hot meals to families in the Tallaght area during the first 12 weeks of the pandemic, a local project ...
Victims of transphobia remembered
MAYOR Peter Kavanagh paid tribute to the county’s transgender community during a flag-raising ceremony at County Hall, Tallaght. The Trans flag was ...
Primary schools will benefit from Hot Meals Programme
MORE than 10 local schools are set to benefit from the Hot School Meals Programme, after the initiative was extended following a ...
1,000 appointments impacted by TUH power failure
MORE than 1,000 appointments were impacted on by a recent power failure at Tallaght University Hospital. As reported in last week’s Echo, ...
The heart of the community
DEERPARK this week celebrated the opening of its refurbished community centre, the “first stepping-stone” in a series of planned upgrades for the ...
New system will deliver ‘seamless’ patient services
TALLAGHT University Hospital has introduced a new electronic patient record system which, replacing the existing paper-based records and processes, is the first ...
Public can have their say on modernising shopping centre
A VIRTUAL consultation room for a scheme that involves the upgrading of the Castletymon Shopping Centre and its surrounding area is open, ...
‘It’s time to give the Leaving Certificate back to students’
“It’s time to give the Leaving Certificate back to students” was Citywise Education’s closing statement during a recent Oireachtas address on reform ...