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Category: Arts & Culture
Jobstown native creates children’s fantasy novel and album
By Aideen O'Flaherty A JOBSTOWN native has created an ethereal world through a children's fantasy novel and an accompanying album writes Aideen O’Flaherty. ...
Special awards evening at Rua Red commemorating 1916
By Mary Dennehy A SPECIAL presentation evening was staged in Rua Red recently to acknowledge and celebrate the artistic achievements of 40 young ...
Tallaght’s Michael Yare is soaking up the acting game in London
By Aideen O'Flaherty GROWING up in Rossfield in Tallaght, Michael Yare played football for Shamrock Rovers and studied computer science in UCD before ...
Meet the Chef: Brian McCarthy of Tom’s Table at the Red Cow Moran Hotel
By Mary Dennehy WITH nearly 30 years’ experience in the kitchen, Brian McCarthy is the new executive head chef at Tom’s Table, a ...
WATCH: Conor McGregor stars in hilarious and weird comedy series
Having been tipped for Hollywood stardom for some time, local lad and UFC superstar Conor McGregor has made his acting debut in ...
The Echo Year In Review December 2016: Homelessness brings outpouring of support local communities
By Mary Dennehy This time last year we hoped that 2016 would bring change in relation to issues such as homelessness, mental health ...
The Echo Year In Review November 2016: Burgled boilers, drug horses, and pushing for Barretstown
By Brendan Grehan NOVEMBER was a month packed full of news and great events. The Echo covered nearly all of them from the ...
The Echo Year In Review October 2016: Call for help from mother for those who despair
By Maurice Garvey A month of firsts you could say, with Jim Gavin’s Dublin GAA football team winning a first October All-Ireland ...
The Echo Year In Review September 2016: Door-to-door collections, bus strikes and burnt-out cars
By Maurice Garvey September is always a hectic month in the calendar, with councils back in session for public meetings, politicians returning to ...
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, ...