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Overcrowding in Tallaght Hospital emergency department ‘intolerable’ says INMO

Overcrowding in Tallaght Hospital emergency department ‘intolerable’ says INMO

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Overcrowding and staffing shortages in Tallaght Hospital’s emergency department have been called ‘intolerable’ by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). According ...

Gardai renew appeal for missing Brendan Burke (71)

Gardai renew appeal for missing Brendan Burke (71)

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Gardai have renewed their appeal for missing 71-year-old Brendan Burke, who was last seen in Rathfarnham. Mr Burke is missing from the ...

‘I look forward to continuing to serve all the people of Dublin Mid-West’

‘I look forward to continuing to serve all the people of Dublin Mid-West’

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By Aura McMenamin AS SHE officially announced her resignation as Tanaiste and Minister, Frances Fitzgerald said she looks forward to continuing to ...

Christmas FM hits the airwaves for a worthy cause

Christmas FM hits the airwaves for a worthy cause

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By Mary Dennehy IT’S CHRISTMAS! Well, for us here at Echo.ie it is, after Christmas FM took to the airwaves at 1pm ...

Is an election on your Christmas wish list?

Is an election on your Christmas wish list?

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TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar is meeting with Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin again this evening to try and fend off a snap Christmas ...

Opportunistic thieves targeting vehicles in shopping centre car parks

Opportunistic thieves targeting vehicles in shopping centre car parks

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OPPORTUNISTIC thieves targeted a shopper’s car at an Aldi car park in Palmerstown – stealing a number of goods from the boot, ...

Public asked for assistance in tracing missing 71-year-old man

Public asked for assistance in tracing missing 71-year-old man

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GARDA continue to seek the public’s help in locating 71-year-old Brendan Burke, who is missing from the Bloomfield Care Centre in Rathfarnham. ...

More than 1.2m social welfare recipients to receive Christmas Bonus

More than 1.2m social welfare recipients to receive Christmas Bonus

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MORE than 1.2 million social welfare recipients will receive the Christmas bonus payment, which starts today. According to the Department of Employment ...

Clondalkin father and son get combined 32-year jail term for “barbaric” break-ins

Clondalkin father and son get combined 32-year jail term for “barbaric” break-ins

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By David Raleigh Three men have been sentenced to combined jail terms of nearly 50 years for "barbaric" break-ins at two rural ...

Tiny six-week old puppy rescued after being dumped in skip

Tiny six-week old puppy rescued after being dumped in skip

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THE DSPCA has issued a stern reminder that it is illegal and inhumane to abandon an animal, after a tiny six-week-old puppy ...