Author: Maurice Garvey

Predictions of chaos over roundabout

Predictions of chaos over roundabout

News

HUNDREDS turned out to protest “total chaos” they believe will unfold should proposed BusConnects changes transform Ballyfermot. Plans by the National Transport ...

Up to 400 IP applicants will move into St John’s House

Up to 400 IP applicants will move into St John’s House

News

ST JOHN’S House in Tallaght is set to accommodate IP (International Protection) applicants following a “secret meeting” on Tuesday. The Echo understand ...

Smurfit Kappa urge shareholders to be patient following acquisition

Smurfit Kappa urge shareholders to be patient following acquisition

Business

PACKAGING giant Smurfit Kappa urged shareholders to be patient following the recent acquisition of US packaging rival WestRock. At the company AGM ...

Dalata group report lower levels of demand in Ireland

Dalata group report lower levels of demand in Ireland

Business

DALATA, who operate all the Clayton and Maldron hotels in Ireland, has reported lower levels of demand in Ireland so far this ...

Lucan House grounds ‘are very special’

Lucan House grounds ‘are very special’

Lucan

LUCAN House and its grounds contains 18th century structures that are still intact today, but the history of the site goes back ...

Major step forward for Gaelscoil community

Major step forward for Gaelscoil community

News

GOOD news this week for education in Clondalkin with confirmation that longstanding plans for new gaelscoil facilities have progressed. The Echo understands ...

Former Davy research chief to join building material firm CRH

Former Davy research chief to join building material firm CRH

Business

FORMER Davy research chief Barry Dixon, is leaving the stockbroking firm to join building materials giant CRH, a company he covered for ...

School extension project has crawled ‘at a snail’s pace’

School extension project has crawled ‘at a snail’s pace’

Lucan

FIRST earmarked for an extension over 15 years ago, a Lucan school has seen the project “crawl at a snail’s pace” which ...

‘This is the sort of skullduggery that gives politicians a bad name’

‘This is the sort of skullduggery that gives politicians a bad name’

News

A SPAT has emerged between two councillors over the controversial proposal to reduce traffic in Clondalkin Village. The proposal to ban private ...

Change Clothes Crumlin launches the Swap Tool Kit

Change Clothes Crumlin launches the Swap Tool Kit

Ballyfermot

SUSTAINABLE initiative Change Clothes Crumlin has launched the ‘Swap Kit’, a suite of swap equipment that can be borrowed to host a ...