Category: Clondalkin

Frustration at shortfall in funding for football pitch

Frustration at shortfall in funding for football pitch

Clondalkin

By Aimee Walsh FRUSTRATION as a shortfall in funding halts local football club’s plans for an all-weather Astro pitch. Knockmitten FC in Clondalkin ...

Apartment blocks will overshadow village  say residents

Apartment blocks will overshadow village say residents

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey PROPOSALS for two apartment blocks in Clondalkin Village will “overshadow everything in it’s vicinity”, according to residents opposing the plans. ...

Man caught at Covid-19 checkpoint transporting cocaine worth €95,000

Man caught at Covid-19 checkpoint transporting cocaine worth €95,000

Clondalkin

By Fiona Ferguson A man caught at a Covid checkpoint transporting €95,000 of cocaine has avoided a jail term after a court ...

Four year term for stashing  heroin in Henry Hoover

Four year term for stashing heroin in Henry Hoover

Clondalkin

By Sonya McLean A young father-of-three who was caught stashing almost €115,000 worth of heroin in a Henry Hoover in a garden shed ...

Former councillor Therese celebrates her 80th birthday

Former councillor Therese celebrates her 80th birthday

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey AN OUTDOOR 80th birthday celebration was held for former Fine Gael councillor Therese Ridge on Saturday March 13. The event ...

Mental health coach running ‘calm and confident’ classes for kids

Mental health coach running ‘calm and confident’ classes for kids

Clondalkin

By Caomhóg Breathnach A LOCAL mental health coach is running classes to give tools to create ‘calm and confident’ children by using a ...

Roadstone Group Sports Club plan to install six flood lighting poles

Roadstone Group Sports Club plan to install six flood lighting poles

Clondalkin

By Éadaoin Ní Flaithearta THE Roadstone Group Sports Club in Clondalkin has submitted a planning application for the erection of six flood lighting ...

Woman arrested for drunk driving is banned for three years and fined €200

Woman arrested for drunk driving is banned for three years and fined €200

Clondalkin

GARDAI arrested a woman for drunk driving after they saw a can of cider in her car when they stopped her in ...

Landlord charged with making a threat to kill

Landlord charged with making a threat to kill

Clondalkin

A LANDLORD allegedly threatened to kill a former tenant, saying he would pay €5,000 to “get him shot”. Niall Cloke told the ...

Further setback with delay in primary health facility

Further setback with delay in primary health facility

Clondalkin

By Caomhóg Breathnach A BLOW for Clondalkin as new primary health care facility faces further delays. An agreement was reached in 2015 between ...