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Beware of young children collecting for bogus charities

Beware of young children collecting for bogus charities

News

By Maurice Garvey THE grubby world of organised crime is responsible for a significant amount of bogus collections in communities across South Dublin ...

Developer plans to build 267 new homes in Adamstown

Developer plans to build 267 new homes in Adamstown

Lucan

By Brendan Grehan A DUBLIN-based developer has applied for planning permission from South Dublin County Council to build 267 homes at Tobermaclugg in ...

‘Nod and wink’ budget is not good enough, say councillors

‘Nod and wink’ budget is not good enough, say councillors

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By Maurice Garvey COUNCIL budgets should not be put together on “nods and winks” according to Fianna Fáil councillor Daithí de Róiste. Dublin ...

The importance of working hard and making good choices

The importance of working hard and making good choices

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy STUDENTS from Old Bawn Community School are taking a step in the right direction this week by celebrating College Awareness ...

Purchase of St Mary’s praised by residents

Purchase of St Mary’s praised by residents

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By Mary Dennehy SAGGART is celebrating this week, after the Archdiocese accepted an offer from South Dublin County Council to buy the former ...

Tallaght man charged with preventing Clondalkin thief’s arrest

Tallaght man charged with preventing Clondalkin thief’s arrest

Tallaght

By Brendan Grehan A MAN charged in connection with possession of stolen cash in a house in Clondalkin last summer has also been ...

West Dublin man charged with sexually assaulting another man

West Dublin man charged with sexually assaulting another man

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By Brendan Grehan A WEST-DUBLIN MAN charged with indecently assaulting and sexually assaulting another male over a four-year period has been sent forward ...

Tallaght man charged with having child pornography

Tallaght man charged with having child pornography

Tallaght

By Brendan Grehan A TALLAGHT man charged with possessing child pornography has been sent forward for trial to the Circuit Court. Philip Nolan ...

Linking institutional abuse with addictions

Linking institutional abuse with addictions

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey THE Director of Research in a pressure group seeking justice for survivors of institutional abuse, is using his own personal ...

Three years suspended for Clondalkin teen arsonist who set a jeep on fire

Three years suspended for Clondalkin teen arsonist who set a jeep on fire

Clondalkin

By Sonya McClean A teenager, who had no recollection of lighting a fire in a jeep, has been given a three-year suspended sentence. ...