Category: Clondalkin

Local projects and initatives to benefit from €130k in funding

Local projects and initatives to benefit from €130k in funding

Clondalkin

By Aideen O'Flaherty SEVERAL local projects and initiatives, including Saoirse Women’s Refuge in Tallaght and Beacon of Light Counselling in Clondalkin, received ...

Youths described as ‘mindless vandals’ after allegedly throwing stones at bus

Youths described as ‘mindless vandals’ after allegedly throwing stones at bus

Clondalkin

By Aideen O'Flaherty A COUNCILLOR has slammed a group of youths who allegedly threw projectiles at and damaged the window of a bus ...

Residents feel the council ‘doesn’t care’ about them

Residents feel the council ‘doesn’t care’ about them

Clondalkin

By Aideen O'Flaherty NORTH Clondalkin residents have been left feeling like the council “doesn’t care” about them, as issues with getting illegally dumped ...

Local filmmaker brings the emergence of the Irish Bobsleigh team to light in new documentary

Local filmmaker brings the emergence of the Irish Bobsleigh team to light in new documentary

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey IN THE week that Jack Charlton sadly passed away, there has been an outpouring of public reflection of what ...

Local Faces: Marie Cronin, East Regional President of the Society of St Vincent de Paul

Local Faces: Marie Cronin, East Regional President of the Society of St Vincent de Paul

Clondalkin

By Aideen O'Flaherty WHEN Marie Cronin started volunteering with the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) in Clondalkin in 1988, it set ...

Residents feel ‘ignored’ over loss of traffic lane at busy junction

Residents feel ‘ignored’ over loss of traffic lane at busy junction

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey OPPOSITION to the loss of a traffic lane at a busy junction continues this week. Protests have been taking place ...

Brave Little Blue Hero Kevin receives ‘honorary garda’ hat

Brave Little Blue Hero Kevin receives ‘honorary garda’ hat

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey A YOUNG boy battling a life-limiting medical condition was made a Little Blue Hero this week. Gardai conducted a drive ...

Smaller charities benefit  from 100k challenge in June

Smaller charities benefit from 100k challenge in June

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey TARGETS have been smashed for a fundraiser set up to support local groups in Clondalkin. Lisa Vickers, a Wood Avens ...

‘It is surreal to look back and reflect on our school journey’

‘It is surreal to look back and reflect on our school journey’

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey ON MARCH 12 former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar announced, in Washington, that Irish schools and colleges were to close in response ...

Man cut the eye of ‘a vulnerable person’ with knife during robbery

Man cut the eye of ‘a vulnerable person’ with knife during robbery

Clondalkin

By Brion Hoban A man who cut the eye of “a vulnerable person” with a knife during an attempted robbery has been jailed ...