Author: Maurice Garvey

88% of planning applications granted permission by council

88% of planning applications granted permission by council

Business

NEARLY 90 per cent of all planning applications were granted permission in 2021 by South Dublin County Council. According to a report ...

125 firearms and drugs worth €3.9m seized by gardai

125 firearms and drugs worth €3.9m seized by gardai

News

NEARLY €4m worth of drugs and 125 firearms were seized by gardai in the Clondalkin policing district during the 12 months to ...

Role model Charlie is one of the last steam train drivers in Ireland

Role model Charlie is one of the last steam train drivers in Ireland

Ballyfermot

THE old steam train evokes a romantic image in the mind, but one man who spent his career shoveling fuel into boiler ...

Swimming pool expected to open by early summer

Swimming pool expected to open by early summer

Lucan

THE long awaited new Lucan swimming pool and leisure centre is expected to open by early summer this year. South Dublin County ...

Running club makes positive impact in area

Running club makes positive impact in area

Ballyfermot

THIS year marks the tenth anniversary of Cherry Orchard Running Club, and the ever growing club has major plans for 2023. Kenneth ...

Peachylean leisurewear accelerate expansion with €750k investment

Peachylean leisurewear accelerate expansion with €750k investment

Business

TALLAGHT entrepreneur Sharon Keegan’s leisurewear brand Peachylean raised €750,000 in investment towards the end of 2022 as it seeks to accelerate expansion ...

Fair City actress Carol Anne was a beautiful and talented woman

Fair City actress Carol Anne was a beautiful and talented woman

Ballyfermot

TRIBUTES have poured in for former Fair City actress and celebrated opera singer Carol Anne Lowe following her untimely death. The mezzo ...

Green light for temporary accommodation for education services at Cherry Orchard Hospital

Green light for temporary accommodation for education services at Cherry Orchard Hospital

Ballyfermot

PLANNING permission for temporary accommodation and an extension to a unit at Cherry Orchard Hospital, was granted permission by Dublin City Council. ...

Blackhorse Inn owner appeals council decision

Blackhorse Inn owner appeals council decision

Ballyfermot

AN APPEAL has been lodged with An Bord Pleanala (ABP), over a decision by Dublin City Council to refuse permission for 10 ...

Br Kieran Nally remembered by students at Moyle Park College

Br Kieran Nally remembered by students at Moyle Park College

Clondalkin

TRIBUTES were paid this week to former Moyle Park College teacher in Clondalkin, and Marist Brother Kieran Nally, who sadly passed away ...