Category: Clondalkin

‘Rats the size of cats’ on the Fonthill Road

‘Rats the size of cats’ on the Fonthill Road

Clondalkin

HEALTH and safety concerns have been raised after local residents spotted “rats the size of cats” on the Fonthill Road recently.South Dublin ...

Elderly couple are lucky to be alive after electric heater went up in flames

Elderly couple are lucky to be alive after electric heater went up in flames

Clondalkin

A 72-YEAR-old woman whose Clondalkin home was destroyed by fire told The Echo that herself and her husband are lucky to be ...

West Dublin to get €1.5m injection for traffic upgrades

West Dublin to get €1.5m injection for traffic upgrades

Clondalkin

FUNDING totalling €1.5 million has been made available for traffic improvements across west Dublin.The funds will be granted to South Dublin County ...

Final farewell to ‘beautiful and dignified’ Molly

Final farewell to ‘beautiful and dignified’ Molly

Clondalkin

Hundreds of mourners – dressed in bright colours – packed into St Patrick’s Church, Esker to bid their final farewell to the ...

Library hope for summer of next year

Library hope for summer of next year

Clondalkin

The county architects timeline was in response to a question by Labour councillor Breda Bonner, at the Clondalkin ACM this Wednesday (January ...

Man broke garda’s nose at Mafia gig

Man broke garda’s nose at Mafia gig

Clondalkin

A local man who broke an off-duty garda’s nose at a Swedish House Mafia gig at the Phoenix Park last year has ...

Little support for parents of youth suicide

Little support for parents of youth suicide

Clondalkin

Carol Cosgrove buried her young son Daniel Dempsey last September, after his body was tragically found by a passer-by along a stretch ...

Residents left ‘high and dry’

Residents left ‘high and dry’

Clondalkin

A total of 10 properties were damaged by gushing water from the pipe on November 4 but despite numerous attempts to have ...

Christmas Chef

Christmas Chef

Clondalkin

A LOCAL dad who was homeless for four years has volunteered to help cook and serve more than 200 Christmas dinners to ...

500 jobs announced this week

500 jobs announced this week

Clondalkin

A CHRISTMAS boost for the local economy is flagged as 500 jobs are announced.Today (Thursday) the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation ...