Category: Clondalkin

Halloween bonfires down by one-third

Halloween bonfires down by one-third

Clondalkin

By Mary DennehyTHERE were 114 less bonfires across Tallaght and Clondalkin this Halloween compared to last year, a 33 per cent reduction ...

National children’s hospital will ‘significantly enhance the service’

National children’s hospital will ‘significantly enhance the service’

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyPROPOSALS to build the new €650m new national children’s hospital in St James’s Hospital contain faults, according to the board ...

Gardaí slam online crime reporting as ‘unhelpful’

Gardaí slam online crime reporting as ‘unhelpful’

Ballyfermot

By Mary DennehyTHE growing practice of people turning to online community sites to report crimes rather than alerting their local Garda station ...

Council praised for efforts to prevent bonfires before Halloween

Council praised for efforts to prevent bonfires before Halloween

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyDUBLIN City Council collected almost 40 tonnes of bonfire material and 1,000 tyres on Halloween day. A further 40 tonnes ...

Call for neglected graveyard to be brought under council’s wing for ‘historical’ reasons

Call for neglected graveyard to be brought under council’s wing for ‘historical’ reasons

Clondalkin

Brendan GrehanThe graveyard at Mount St Joseph, and Monastery Heath, both off the Monastery Road are completely neglected and overgrown and should ...

Activists campaign for  local community hall

Activists campaign for local community hall

Clondalkin

By Maurice GarveyUP TO 250 people attended a public meeting at Adamstown Community College last Monday night – to push forward the ...

Clondalkin and Tallaght amongst highest on burglary figures list

Clondalkin and Tallaght amongst highest on burglary figures list

Ballyfermot

By Mary DennehyMORE than one-fifth of the country’s Top 50 crime spots for burglaries are located within local communities, many of which ...

Echo Sport review December 3rd

Echo Sport review December 3rd

Ballyfermot

By Simon WalshIn this week’s Echo Sport we preview Sunday’s Leinster Final between Ballyboden St Enda’s and Portlaoise in Tullamore, plus we ...

Arrests connected to mobile phone robberies made in Clondalkin and Tallaght

Arrests connected to mobile phone robberies made in Clondalkin and Tallaght

Clondalkin

By Simon WalshAs part of Operation Thor, Gardaí arrested four persons, three men and one woman aged between 19 and 27 years ...

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Ballyfermot

By Simon Walsh A DEVELOPMENT that includes almost 400 houses and apartments for a site located in Citywest has been granted permission ...