Category: Clondalkin

Families create first national Moebius syndrome support and awareness group

Families create first national Moebius syndrome support and awareness group

Ballyfermot

By Mary DennehyONLY three children in Ireland are known to have a rare neurological condition called Moebius syndrome, with two of these ...

Task Force launches booklets to raise risks of steroid and tanning injections

Task Force launches booklets to raise risks of steroid and tanning injections

Clondalkin

By Maurice GarveyCLONDALKIN Drugs and Alcohol Task Force (CDATF) launched a pair of booklets this week to raise awareness of risks associated ...

Qualified chef handed five years following a three week crime spree to feed drug addiction

Qualified chef handed five years following a three week crime spree to feed drug addiction

Clondalkin

By Sonya McCleanA QUALIFIED chef who resorted to robbery to get prescription medication to feed his drug addiction has been sentenced to ...

340 apartments set to be constructed  on Carriglea Industrial Estate

340 apartments set to be constructed on Carriglea Industrial Estate

Ballyfermot

By Laura LyneAN APARTMENT development of 340 units, one of the largest apartment schemes planned since the property crash, looks set to ...

1916 will be the theme of Clondalkin Saint Patrick’s Day parade

1916 will be the theme of Clondalkin Saint Patrick’s Day parade

Clondalkin

By Echo ReporterTHE CLONDALKIN ST Patrick’s Day is looking for participants, reports Brendan Grehan. The theme of the parade/festival this year will ...

Local business backbone of economy

Local business backbone of economy

Ballyfermot

By Echo ReporterFIGURES showing that the numbers of people employed in small and medium sized companies have grown by almost 4,000 in ...

Liffey Valley and The Square Shopping Centres see growth in sales and footfall

Liffey Valley and The Square Shopping Centres see growth in sales and footfall

Clondalkin

By Laura LyneSHOPPING centres reaped the benefits of a growing economy during December as shoppers from across Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan and Ballyfermot ...

The current social welfare applications process is simply not working – councillor

The current social welfare applications process is simply not working – councillor

Ballyfermot

By William O'ConnorCOUNCILLOR John Lahart is calling for a major revamp of the social welfare applications process to reduce the excessive waiting ...

TeenLine service sees 20 per cent rise in calls received

TeenLine service sees 20 per cent rise in calls received

Ballyfermot

By Mary DennehyTEENLINE Ireland received more than 24,000 calls to its confidential listening service in 2015, a 20 per cent increase on ...

Local lad scoops top award at IrelandSkills National competition in Joinery

Local lad scoops top award at IrelandSkills National competition in Joinery

Clondalkin

By Echo ReporterCIAN Mulligan, a student at GMIT’s National Centre for Excellence in Furniture Design & Technology in Letterfrack, scooped the coveted ...