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Women’s Aid looking for helpline volunteers

Women’s Aid looking for helpline volunteers

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WOMEN’S AID are looking for volunteers for its 24hr national Freephone helpline. The next round of training starts in September. The Helpline provides ...

Tallaght woman warns others after hoverboard bursts into flames

Tallaght woman warns others after hoverboard bursts into flames

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A local woman has urged anyone who buys a hoverboard, even from a reputable seller, to be careful after one exploded just ...

People availing of HAP will not lose place on housing list propose Fianna Fail

People availing of HAP will not lose place on housing list propose Fianna Fail

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UNDER new legislation proposed by Fianna Fáil, people availing of Housing Assistant Payment (HAP) would not lose their place on South Dublin ...

Anti-social behaviour forces Dublin Bus to alter Tallaght bus route again

Anti-social behaviour forces Dublin Bus to alter Tallaght bus route again

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Dublin Bus have been forced to alter the route of the 27 bus in Tallaght this evening due to anti-social behaviour in ...

Local boy (8) in serious condition after being struck by van

Local boy (8) in serious condition after being struck by van

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A local boy (8) remains in hospital this afternoon after he was struck by a van in Shankill yesterday. The child, who ...

Local couple forced to live under canvas in Phoenix Park

Local couple forced to live under canvas in Phoenix Park

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By Brendan Grehan A TALLAGHT woman who is homeless has been forced to live in a tent in the Phoenix Park. Edel Stirling, ...

Two women and 19 men appear on drugs charges after Garda sting in Tallaght

Two women and 19 men appear on drugs charges after Garda sting in Tallaght

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By Brendan Grehan Nineteen men and two women appeared before Tallaght District Court this week charged with the sale and supply of drugs ...

Gardai investigating reports of an assault in Tallaght estate

Gardai investigating reports of an assault in Tallaght estate

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By Maurice Garvey GARDAI are investigating an alleged incident where a man was assaulted while walking home last Sunday night. The Echo ...

Dublin Fire Brigade battling huge gorse fire in Dublin Mountains

Dublin Fire Brigade battling huge gorse fire in Dublin Mountains

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Several units from Dublin Fire Brigade are currently battling a large gorse fire in the Dublin Mountains. The blaze covering a huge ...

Thugs set fire to swings for disabled kids in new Tymon Park playground

Thugs set fire to swings for disabled kids in new Tymon Park playground

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By Claire Christensen A SPECIAL swing for disabled children was destroyed at the new Tymon Park playground in the first instance of vandalism ...