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Category: Clondalkin
War of words over simple infill social housing development
By Maurice Garvey POLITICS surrounding a simple infill social housing development in Clondalkin mercifully came to an end this week (at least ...
‘Housing has to be based on community needs’
By Maurice Garvey INTRODUCED in 2017 to speed up the planning process for large-scale housing schemes, the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) system, or ...
First online monthly council meeting is incident free
By Maurice Garvey MONTHLY council meetings went online for the first time this week, passing relatively incident free, reports Maurice Garvey. Not bad ...
Final report on Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is one of ‘deflation’
By Maurice Garvey THE prevailing reaction to the 2,865-page final report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes has been ...
Mark Conlon runs over 1,500km in just 66 days in ‘Last Man Standing’
By Maurice Garvey LONG distance runner Mark Conlon came first in a ‘Last Man Standing’ competition, ultimately completing over 1,500km in just 66 ...
Council will carry out site inspection at freight company
By Maurice Garvey SOUTH Dublin County Council are to carry out a site inspection of a freight company in Clondalkin early this month. ...
Andrew looking forward to OT leader challenge
By Maurice Garvey THE first leader of Operation Transformation 2021 was revealed to be Andrew Burke-Hannon (32), from Clondalkin. RTE presenter Kathryn Thomas ...
Driver theory tests should be deemed ‘essential service’ to tackle backlog
By Maurice Garvey YOUNG people waiting on a driver theory test are finding, at least, an extra month added onto the six month ...
Father pleads guilty to criminal damage to garda car
A FATHER-of-two who jumped on the bonnet of a garda patrol car when gardai came to investigate a verbal dispute between him ...
Caught stashing €114k worth of heroin in hoover
By Anne Sharkey A young father-of-three who was caught stashing €114,478 worth of heroin in a Henry Hoover he had in a garden ...