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Author: Simon Walsh
Check out this week’s Echo Jobs and training offerings – 16 March 2017 edition
In the latest update from the Echo Jobs and training pages there are offerings from a host of local organisations. These include ...
On this day in 1996: Building a hooker and learning Irish in Clondalkin
On this day in 1996 the RTE cameras visited Áras Chrónáin in Clondalkin to hear about how the small gaeltacht area in ...
DFB once again prove their hero status with frisky feline rescue
Members of Dublin Fire Brigade once again confirmed their hero status earlier when they were called to help in the rescue of ...
X Factor auditions set for Dublin next month
If you sit on the couch watching The X Factor screaming at the telly, “I could sing better than that” then you’ll ...
Down Syndrome Centre launch Mission 21 Celebrity Video Appeal
To mark World Down Syndrome Day today the Down Syndrome Centre has launched its Mission 21 Celebrity Appeal. Mission 21 is a ...
Emma Doran’s diary of a two-year-old is brilliantly accurate and hilarious
Local comedian Emma Doran is well known for her comical take on daily life, with the former Tallaght native covering everything from ...
Parties involved need to “show generosity of spirit” to seal Orkambi deal
The government has been called on to speed up ongoing discussions surrounding the purchasing of the drug Orkambi, with hundreds of Cystic ...
Tallaght community rallies around takeaway men targeted by armed thugs
By Mary Dennehy THE community of Tallaght rallied around its army of food delivery drivers this week after it emerged that they are ...
Clondalkin man scammed vulnerable woman out of €90,000 life-savings
By Sonya McClean A man who was involved in a scam that conned a vulnerable woman out of her life-savings will be sentenced ...
‘Beer goggles’ show the public what alcohol does to the body
By Mary Dennehy AHEAD of St Patrick’s Day, the Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Task Force (TDATF) took to The Square to provide people ...










