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Author: Simon Walsh
The Echo Year In Review August 2016: Silver for Annalise, pyramid schemes in Lucan, and serious Pit Bull problems
By Brendan Grehan IT WAS Olympics month and events in Rio took over the news bulletins during August for good and bad reasons, ...
The Echo Year In Review July 2016: Death of Philip Preston, Tallaght Person of the Year – ‘a man mountain, with a heart of solid gold’
By Brendan Grehan THE MONTH did not start well with the sudden passing of Philip Preston, who the previous November had been crowned ...
The Echo Year In Review June 2016: Football fever, Brexit, and signs of development
By Mary Dennehy FOOTBALL fever hit communities this month, with local people of all ages donning their green both at home and abroad ...
The Echo Year In Review May 2016: Over 5,000 vacant houses, and criticism of healthcare system
By Mary Dennehy AS the fast-approaching summer holidays were on the minds of many this month, the issue of housing, and the lack ...
The Echo Year In Review April 2016: Armed robberies, pitch and putt money problems, and more drug use
By Maurice Garvey Armed raiders staged robberies at the same newsagent in Clondalkin three times in the space of nine days – pointing ...
The Echo Year In Review March 2016: Easter Rising, gardai swoops and knifepoint theft
By Maurice Garvey MARCH usually counts St Patrick’s Day as the prominent date in the calendar but this year, commemorations for the Easter ...
The Echo Year In Review February 2016: General election, Amazon’s development of former Jacobs and tragic loss
By Brendan Grehan THE MONTH was bookmarked by the 2016 General Election. The election was called on February 3 with Friday, February 26 ...
The Echo Year In Review January 2016: Centenarian celebrations, heroic barman, and murder most foul
By Brendan Grehan THE DETRITUS of the Christmas splurge started the year off with the news that South Dublin County Council was planning ...
Local women quit smoking with help from ‘We Can Quit Programme’
By Maurice Garvey A GROUP of women from Tallaght and Bluebell ended the year in healthy style, after completing a programme that saw ...
Increase of 43% in drink driving arrests in December
As we head into the New Year, An Garda Síochána and the RSA are renewing their appeal to drivers to be responsible ...