Category: Lucan

Gymnastic joy as 4,000 people pack into National Basketball Arena for Cirque Olympia

Gymnastic joy as 4,000 people pack into National Basketball Arena for Cirque Olympia

Ballyfermot

By Laura LyneAN ARRAY of talent was showcased last weekend as the 50th year celebration event of Olympian Gymnastics, with over 4,000 ...

20 schools to be built in county in €2.8bn five-year investment

20 schools to be built in county in €2.8bn five-year investment

Ballyfermot

By Brendan GrehanOVER 20 Schools will be built in South Dublin County under the Governments five-year plan of capital investment in schools ...

Echo launch Shop Smart, Shop Local Christmas 2015 campaign

Echo launch Shop Smart, Shop Local Christmas 2015 campaign

Ballyfermot

By Mary DennehyTHIS Christmas, The Echo is encouraging shoppers to gift their support to local businesses – helping to stimulate the local ...

Cemetery car-park to get CCTV at a cost of €30,000

Cemetery car-park to get CCTV at a cost of €30,000

Lucan

By Maurice GarveyESKER Cemetery car-park is set to benefit from the addition of a €30,000 fund for CCTV cameras. Provisions in South ...

Missed any of the biggest stories from last week’s Echo? Right this was…

Missed any of the biggest stories from last week’s Echo? Right this was…

Ballyfermot

By Simon WalshA TALLAGHT family last week spoke out in support of Dr James Gray, whose “honesty and conviction” was the only ...

Celebrating ten years in business – and it all began with an Echo ad

Celebrating ten years in business – and it all began with an Echo ad

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyNEW start-ups and existing businesses have increased their customer base over the years by advertising in the The Echo. One ...

Councillors’ travel fund slashed by half

Councillors’ travel fund slashed by half

Clondalkin

By Laura LyneFUNDS of €44,000 that were previously allocated to South Dublin County councillors to travel abroad are to be put towards ...

Government slammed over lack of social welfare office

Government slammed over lack of social welfare office

Clondalkin

By Maurice GarveyA DECISION by the Department of Social Protection not to establish a social welfare office in Lucan, has been blasted ...

Vandals stole players’ phones and their personal belongings

Vandals stole players’ phones and their personal belongings

Clondalkin

By Maurice GarveyIT HAS been a trying month for Arthur Griffith Park FC – suffering a string of vandalism attacks in the ...

Heart attack sets Tallaght photographer on a life-changing expedition

Heart attack sets Tallaght photographer on a life-changing expedition

Ballyfermot

By Mary DennehyAN AWARD-winning photographer who last year defied death has started a bucket list, and this week he ticked off his ...