Category: Clondalkin

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 ...

Three gardai awarded for rescuing woman at camac

Three gardai awarded for rescuing woman at camac

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey THREE Clondalkin gardai were awarded certificates of commendation for helping to rescue a local woman from the Camac river. The ...

327 cases of Covid-19 in the Clondalkin-Monastery area

327 cases of Covid-19 in the Clondalkin-Monastery area

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey THE Clondalkin-Monastery electoral area has one of the highest confirmed cases of Covid-19 in South Dublin County. According to the ...

Gardai find €19k worth of drugs in mans family home

Gardai find €19k worth of drugs in mans family home

Clondalkin

By Declan Brennan A man with no previous convictions has avoided a prison sentence after gardai found around €19,000 worth of cocaine and ...

Man facing prison given chance to see if he can stay off drugs

Man facing prison given chance to see if he can stay off drugs

Clondalkin

By Fiona Ferguson A young man facing a ten years presumptive mandatory sentence after he was caught storing €35,000 cannabis in a ...

Contractor finishing  final snag list on library

Contractor finishing final snag list on library

Clondalkin

By Maurice Garvey THE contractor for North Clondalkin Library returned to work on May 18, and is currently finishing final snagging list of ...