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Urgent call for council houses to be retrofitted

Urgent call for council houses to be retrofitted

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Local People Before Profit representatives have called for an extensive programme of retrofitting of council homes as part of a submission to ...

Residents petition urging Lidl to develop new pub

Residents petition urging Lidl to develop new pub

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A LOCAL residents’ association set up a petition this week, urging Lidl to follow through with its plans to develop a pub ...

Family waiting seven years for a home

Family waiting seven years for a home

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A TALLAGHT father of four has voiced his frustration with being housed in emergency accommodation for the past seven years, particularly as ...

Apartment plan for greenfield site in Broomhill

Apartment plan for greenfield site in Broomhill

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A SITE notice outlining a developer’s intention to apply for planning permission for the development of 82 apartments to the east of ...

HSE plan to relocate 70 patients to nursing home

HSE plan to relocate 70 patients to nursing home

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THE HSE plans to “temporarily” close two elderly persons units in Cherry Orchard Hospital (COH) to complete remedial works, and relocate up ...

Over 70 nurses attend ‘study day’ at Tallaght Hospital

Over 70 nurses attend ‘study day’ at Tallaght Hospital

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AN Interventional Radiology Nurses’ Study Day was recently held in Tallaght University Hospital, which saw over 70 nurses from across the country ...

Frustration over apparent abandonment of Kiltipper

Frustration over apparent abandonment of Kiltipper

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AN ELLENSBOROUGH resident has questioned whether South Dublin County Council has “abandoned” Kiltipper or “just don’t know what to do with the ...

Government accused of ‘throwing in the towel’

Government accused of ‘throwing in the towel’

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Another month of rising homeless numbers has put the government in a defensive position in relation to the housing and homelessness crisis. ...

Moves to help nursing home residents cast vote at elections

Moves to help nursing home residents cast vote at elections

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COUNCILLORS agreed a motion to facilitate voting by residents of nursing homes during elections, but it raised the question of whether similar ...

Owners of defective homes cannot afford insurance levies

Owners of defective homes cannot afford insurance levies

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HOMEOWNERS, living under the financial burden of defects, are facing insurance levies they cannot afford, according to the campaign group ‘Not Our ...