Category: Clondalkin

Sports clubs to benefit  from new pavilion plans

Sports clubs to benefit from new pavilion plans

Clondalkin

By Laura LynePLANS for the development of sports pavilions in Tallaght, Clondalkin and Lucan have been put to Part 8 public consultation, ...

Ballyfermot group launch Ninth  Lock microbrewery cooperative

Ballyfermot group launch Ninth Lock microbrewery cooperative

Ballyfermot

Maurice GarveySOCIAL enterprise network Sedco are working on a plan to develop a site for a local cooperative microbrewery. The Ballyfermot based ...

Council examine options for homeless hostel in Clondalkin area

Council examine options for homeless hostel in Clondalkin area

Clondalkin

By Brendan GrehanSOUTH DUBLIN County Council are currently examining suitable sites for a homeless hostel in Clondalkin. At last week’s Clondalkin area ...

Keep animals in a safe place this Halloween, warns DSPCA

Keep animals in a safe place this Halloween, warns DSPCA

Ballyfermot

By Brendan GrehanWITH HALLOWEEN on Saturday and the weeks preceding it, it can be a difficult time for pets and pet owners. ...

Almost 250 families are registered as homeless

Almost 250 families are registered as homeless

Clondalkin

By Brendan GrehanTHERE ARE 249 families registered homeless with South Dublin County Council, the Clondalkin Area Meeting of SDCC heard last week. ...

Over 250 Traveller families  live in substandard housing

Over 250 Traveller families live in substandard housing

Clondalkin

By Mary DennehyMORE than 250 of South Dublin County’s Traveller families are living in substandard housing, a local councillor has claimed. In ...

Marble Arch fails to sell at auction

Marble Arch fails to sell at auction

Ballyfermot

By Laura LyneTHE Bridge House pub in Crumlin sold for €320,000, while the landmark Marble Arch pub in Drimnagh failed to sell ...

Over €20,000 is allocated by council for Halloween budget

Over €20,000 is allocated by council for Halloween budget

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyOVER €20,000 has been allocated by Dublin City Council for the Halloween budget in Dublin South Central. Ever since a ...

Drug ‘bagger’ avoids prison because of chronic ill-health

Drug ‘bagger’ avoids prison because of chronic ill-health

Clondalkin

By Sonya McCleanA FATHER-of-one with a myriad of chronic health difficulties has avoided a jail term for holding and breaking up cocaine ...

Did you miss any of the biggest stories from last week’s Echo? Right this way…

Did you miss any of the biggest stories from last week’s Echo? Right this way…

Ballyfermot

By Simon WalshA PIONEERING culinary Masters in Nutrition, the first of its kind in the world, was launched in IT Tallaght last ...