Author: Simon Walsh

Tallaght man with 61 previous convictions gets five-month suspended sentence for driving on wrong side of road

Tallaght man with 61 previous convictions gets five-month suspended sentence for driving on wrong side of road

Tallaght

By Brendan Grehan A DRIVER who was caught driving on the wrong side of the road received a five-month suspended sentence in Tallaght ...

Garda investigating claims Councillor’s Facebook page was hacked

Garda investigating claims Councillor’s Facebook page was hacked

Lucan

GARDAI are investigating after a Lucan-based councillor has claimed he was being blackmailed by computer hackers who threatened to post “lewd doctored” ...

Tallaght families in the line of fire as gangland feuds escalate

Tallaght families in the line of fire as gangland feuds escalate

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy ESCALATING feuds and disputes in one Tallaght estate put the lives of local families in danger this week after a ...

Ballyboden St Enda’s to purchase 12-acre prime site on Firhouse Road

Ballyboden St Enda’s to purchase 12-acre prime site on Firhouse Road

News

By Mary Dennehy A LOCAL GAA club is set to purchase the 12 acres of land adjacent to the Carmelite monastery on the ...

Tallaght family raises almost €3k for trust after holiday tragedy

Tallaght family raises almost €3k for trust after holiday tragedy

Tallaght

By Maurice Garvey WHEN her parents went on holiday to Portugal last summer, Tallaght resident Jennifer O’Toole feared the worst after receiving a ...

Child hospitalised after dog jumped on her in new playground

Child hospitalised after dog jumped on her in new playground

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By Maurice Garvey A YOUNG girl was hospitalised after a dog jumped on the terrified tot at the new playground in Stanaway Park, ...

Residents furious over plans to run road through park

Residents furious over plans to run road through park

Lucan

By Brendan Grehan THERE WILL be a protest march against the building of a proposed road through St Catherine’s Park in Lucan ...

Gardai renew appeal for witnesses to collision involving cyclist and truck

Gardai renew appeal for witnesses to collision involving cyclist and truck

Latest

Gardaí at Crumlin are renewing an appeal for witnesses following a serious injury traffic collision on the 14th April 2017. At approximately ...

Tallaght teen with 33 previous convictions gets five months for robbing bicycle from cyclist

Tallaght teen with 33 previous convictions gets five months for robbing bicycle from cyclist

Tallaght

A TEENAGER (15) who robbed a bicycle from a cyclist was sentenced to five months detention by Tallaght Court. The teenager, who ...

Echo Letters: Tallaght has rich potential for tourism

Echo Letters: Tallaght has rich potential for tourism

Letters

Dear Editor, TALLAGHT is the largest urban area in SDCC and has a village area dating from the 1st century. It is ...