Category: Clondalkin

Back in the saddle after life-threatening accident

Back in the saddle after life-threatening accident

Clondalkin

By Mary DennehyIN FEBRUARY 2014 Rathcoole jockey Peter Walsh was seriously injured, breaking 30 bones when he was thrown off a horse ...

Boy dies in Clondalkin after tragic accident on pony and trap

Boy dies in Clondalkin after tragic accident on pony and trap

Clondalkin

By Echo ReporterA young boy has this afternoon died in Clondalkin after the pony-and-trap he was aboard collided with a vehicle parked ...

‘Ongoing vandalism’ plus discarded syringes are some of the problems

‘Ongoing vandalism’ plus discarded syringes are some of the problems

Clondalkin

By Maurice GarveySYRINGES discarded in a children’s playground are yet another symbol of the problems facing residents in a troubled estate. Drug-dealing ...

Honours for courageous firefighter Ian

Honours for courageous firefighter Ian

Clondalkin

By Laura LyneA PROCESSION of honour followed beloved firefighter Ian “Frodo” McCormack to his final resting place in the Newland’s Cemetery on ...

Abandoned property poses health and safety risk to nearby residents

Abandoned property poses health and safety risk to nearby residents

Clondalkin

By Maurice GarveyTWO abandoned houses are causing a health and safety risk for residents in an estate – with one case likely ...

New careers ahead in the public sector this week for 15 willing workers

New careers ahead in the public sector this week for 15 willing workers

Clondalkin

By William O'ConnorSOUTH Dublin County Council announced that 15 new employees have recently started their careers in the Local Authority sector which ...

Opportunities at Adult Learners’ festival

Opportunities at Adult Learners’ festival

Clondalkin

By Mary DennehyAN ADULT Learners’ festival is taking place in Tallaght this February 23, and an invite has been extended to the ...

Movie-maker’s debut film screens at International Dingle Film Festival

Movie-maker’s debut film screens at International Dingle Film Festival

Clondalkin

By Brendan GrehanNEXT MONTH Clondalkin filmmaker Jason Branagan’s debut feature film Shoebox Memories will screen at the 10th International Dingle Film Festival. ...

Mother of two ‘at the end of her tether’ with council over dampness problem

Mother of two ‘at the end of her tether’ with council over dampness problem

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyA MOTHER is “at the end of her tether” due to dampness in her Bluebell home. Sinéad Byrne has lived ...

Six arrested during searches in Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown and Balgaddy

Six arrested during searches in Clondalkin, Lucan, Palmerstown and Balgaddy

Clondalkin

By Echo ReporterAs part of an initiative under Operation Thor Gardaí from the Lucan Garda District carried out an operation in Clondalkin, ...