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Check out this week’s Echo Jobs and Training – 27 April 2017 edition

Check out this week’s Echo Jobs and Training – 27 April 2017 edition

Jobs

In the latest update from the Echo Jobs and training pages there are offerings from a host of local organisations. These include ...

Almost half of Irish motorists see drivers using mobiles phone on a daily basis

Almost half of Irish motorists see drivers using mobiles phone on a daily basis

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Almost half of Irish motorists encounter drivers using their mobile phone while behind the wheel on a daily basis according to recent ...

Two arrested in connection with murder of Noel Kirwan in Clondalkin

Two arrested in connection with murder of Noel Kirwan in Clondalkin

Clondalkin

A man and a woman have been arrested in relation to the murder of Noel Kirwan in Clondalkin in December in 2016. ...

“Joe was more than a school caretaker – he was our friend”

“Joe was more than a school caretaker – he was our friend”

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey STUDENTS and staff at a Ballyfermot school are in mourning after the loss of their caretaker and “friend” Joe Moore ...

Christine goes from life support to Irish Homeless World Cup trials

Christine goes from life support to Irish Homeless World Cup trials

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey ON LIFE support and facing the worst after eight years of drug addiction, things were not looking good for Christine ...

Jokes aside, Al Porter raises €5,300 for his old school

Jokes aside, Al Porter raises €5,300 for his old school

News

By Mary Dennehy TODAY FM presenter Al Porter was sitting behind a very different kind of desk this week when he returned to ...

Residents Association are hoping to re-establish Neighbourhood Watch

Residents Association are hoping to re-establish Neighbourhood Watch

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy THE parish of St Martin De Porres is the latest Tallaght community to revive its Residents’ Association, with plans underway ...

Lucan swimming pool project costs escalate from €10m to €13m

Lucan swimming pool project costs escalate from €10m to €13m

Lucan

By Brendan Grehan THE COST of the swimming pool in Lucan has jumped from €10 million to €13 million, The Echo can reveal. ...

GAA quash 25,000-seater rumours about Spawell

GAA quash 25,000-seater rumours about Spawell

News

By Mary Dennehy THE GAA has no plans to build a 25,000- seater stadium at the Spawell Complex, local TD John Lahart has ...

Teen accused of stabbing neighbour in head with knife

Teen accused of stabbing neighbour in head with knife

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By Brendan Grehan A TEENAGER (17) accused of stabbing a neighbour in the head a number of times with a knife has been ...