Author: Maurice Garvey

Derelict house burnt down in Rossfield

Derelict house burnt down in Rossfield

Tallaght

IT WAS a busy night for Dublin Fire Brigade as Halloween celebrations took place across the county on Thursday night. Three fire ...

Councillors vote for 15 per cent reduction in Local Property Tax

Councillors vote for 15 per cent reduction in Local Property Tax

Tallaght

COUNCILLORS voted to retain a 15 per cent reduction on Local Property Tax (LPT) in South Dublin County Council last week. Prior ...

Residents plead with parents to prevent the children lighting fires

Residents plead with parents to prevent the children lighting fires

Ballyfermot

A RESIDENTS group has asked parents to ensure their children are not lighting fires on a communal green space, which has been ...

Parish ‘tired of disrespect by a small few’ after tree is vandalised

Parish ‘tired of disrespect by a small few’ after tree is vandalised

Ballyfermot

A PARISH is “tired of the disrespect shown by a small few” after a tree, which was planted to commemorate people who ...

Afterschool eviction at St Mary’s is raised in the Dail

Afterschool eviction at St Mary’s is raised in the Dail

News

THERE was plenty of sadness this week as a Saggart creche was forced to close, leaving parents scrambling to make arrangements for ...

Concern about vacant properties not secured before Halloween

Concern about vacant properties not secured before Halloween

News

VACANT properties need to be secured ahead of Halloween, according to Cllr Hazel De Nortúin (PBP). Speaking at the South Central area ...

Eight alleged mosques activity to be investigated

Eight alleged mosques activity to be investigated

Lucan

SOUTH Dublin County Council are to investigate “alleged unauthorised activity” at eight mosques or Muslim cultural centres in Lucan and Clondalkin. It ...

Swift resolution is needed to use CCTV cameras

Swift resolution is needed to use CCTV cameras

News

COUNCILLORS expressed the need for a swift resolution to the ongoing audit by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) in relation to the ...

Unilever caves to pressure and pulls its business out of Russia

Unilever caves to pressure and pulls its business out of Russia

Business

UNILEVER has caved to international pressure and pulled out of Russia. The firm, one of the world’s largest consumer goods companies with ...

Shock as village gutted and trees uprooted

Shock as village gutted and trees uprooted

Lucan

SOUTH Dublin County Council have said they will look at how they communicate their plans following a stinging week of criticism after ...