Category: Clondalkin

Dog owners beware – gardaí go undercover to catch poo polluters

Dog owners beware – gardaí go undercover to catch poo polluters

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyUNDERCOVER city council inspectors and gardaí are sniffing out offenders who allow their dogs to foul on pavements in Dublin ...

Residents shocked and sickened at animal cruelty incidents

Residents shocked and sickened at animal cruelty incidents

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveySADISTIC animal abuse is plaguing areas of Clondalkin and Ballyfermot over the last couple of years. The Echo understands groups ...

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

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

Ballyfermot

By Simon WalshThere was a huge reaction last week to the news that heartless thieves were stealing from cars while mourners visited gravesides ...

Run up to Halloween starting early for Dublin Fire Brigade

Run up to Halloween starting early for Dublin Fire Brigade

Ballyfermot

By Laura LyneDUBLIN Fire Brigade this week confirmed that the “run up to Halloween” has started for its local firefighters with “a ...

Clondalkin schools first to receive Irish flags as part of 1916 commemorations

Clondalkin schools first to receive Irish flags as part of 1916 commemorations

Clondalkin

By Maurice GarveySCHOOLS in Clondalkin were among the first in South Dublin County to receive their Irish flags from the Defence Forces ...

Councillors vote to maintain 15 per cent reduction on Property Tax

Councillors vote to maintain 15 per cent reduction on Property Tax

Clondalkin

By Laura LyneLOCAL Property Tax bills for 2016 will keep a 15 per cent reduction after South Dublin County Council voted in ...

Call to open up vacant Citywest Golf Hotel for homeless families

Call to open up vacant Citywest Golf Hotel for homeless families

Clondalkin

By Laura LyneCALLS to open the vacant Citywest Golf Hotel as short-term accommodation for homeless families across the county have been made ...

‘The right person hasn’t seen the appeals  but we won’t stop’ –  family of Esra

‘The right person hasn’t seen the appeals but we won’t stop’ – family of Esra

Clondalkin

By Maurice GarveySEARCHING for answers to her only sister’s disappearance, has taken a heavy mental and physical toll on Berna Fidan. Berna’s ...

Councillor seeks support from State for care home ‘survivors’

Councillor seeks support from State for care home ‘survivors’

Ballyfermot

By Laura LyneA LOCAL councillor who spent his childhood in the Irish care system is using his story to highlight the “stigma ...

Local centenarians to star in remarkable film

Local centenarians to star in remarkable film

Ballyfermot

By Mary DennehyAn AWARD winning film featuring 30 Irish centenarians, including 100-year-old women from Drimnagh and Clondalkin, is coming to cinema screens ...