Category: Lucan

Enterprise office praises schools for award efforts

Enterprise office praises schools for award efforts

Clondalkin

By Mary DennehyTHREE local schools were on the ball at this year’s Student Enterprise Awards finals in Croke Park, promoting not only ...

Council to talk on concerns on parking

Council to talk on concerns on parking

Lucan

By Echo ReporterSOUTH DUBLIN County Council are prepared to meet business owners and residents over concerns about parking in Lucan village. This ...

Over 40 horses impounded, with some being abandoned

Over 40 horses impounded, with some being abandoned

Clondalkin

By Maurice GarveyOVER 40 horses have been impounded in the Clondalkin and Lucan area since January, reports Maurice Garvey. Most of the ...

Little Heroes awards for brave swimmers

Little Heroes awards for brave swimmers

Lucan

By Laura LyneFOUR inspiring young swimmers have been announced as winners of the Little Heroes Award by the Water Babies swimming school ...

Plants, seeds and gardening tools – and a really nice cup of coffee also!

Plants, seeds and gardening tools – and a really nice cup of coffee also!

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyAFTER a complete re-stock and the appointment of a new manager, Walk’s Green Garden Centre re-opened its doors for business ...

Paralympic athlete relieved to be re-united with his stolen car

Paralympic athlete relieved to be re-united with his stolen car

Lucan

By Brendan GrehanPARALYMPIC SILVER medalist John McCarthy, whose specially adapted car was stolen outside his house by heartless thieves between last Sunday ...

St James’s site granted planning permission for new children’s hospital

St James’s site granted planning permission for new children’s hospital

Ballyfermot

By Echo ReporterA site at St James's Hopital has been granted planning permission for the long-awaited National Children's Hospital, with work expected ...

Remembering the 1916 women

Remembering the 1916 women

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey ST JOSEPH’S College in Lucan created a mural commemorating brave women involved in the Easter Rising, reports Maurice Garvey. ...

Role in Mount St battle inspired future in military

Role in Mount St battle inspired future in military

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey THE role that a young man played in the Easter Rising seems to have inadvertently inspired a Ballyfermot family ...

Local Paralympian pleads for return of stolen adapted car

Local Paralympian pleads for return of stolen adapted car

Lucan

By Echo ReporterParalympian athlete and Lucan resident John McCarthy has pleaded with thieves who stole his specially adapted car to return it. ...