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Category: News
18 residential units refused at former McEvoy’s pub site
PLANS for the demolition of the former McEvoy’s pub in Newcastle to make way for an 18-unit residential development have been refused ...
Former office block housing 187 refugees
AN OFFICE block, which was refused planning permission for a development of apartments during the summer, is now housing refugees. The Echo ...
Pathfinder projects will ‘improve health and protect environment’
THE Pathfinder Programme of 35 exemplar transport projects to be delivered by local authorities and agencies around the country within the next ...
Central funding to county reduced from €209m to €158m
SOUTH Dublin County Council received central funding of €158m in 2021 – a reduction of €50m in funding from 2020. The decrease ...
Students sleeping in cars and sofas due to housing crisis
THOUSANDS of college students walked out of lecture halls and classrooms in protest of the housing crisis and cost of living crisis, ...
‘A new station is needed but the priority is new staff’
AFTER nearly five years at the helm of Tallaght District, Superintendent Ian Lackey is this week moving on to take up a ...
Local Media Awards success for The Echo
THE Echo picked up the Best News Series Award at the Local Ireland Media Awards 2021/2022 in Mullingar last Thursday, October 13. ...
115 build-to-rent apartments plan for lands at IBIS Hotel
PLANS for the construction of 115 build-to-rent apartments on lands at the IBIS Hotel on Monastery Road in Clondalkin have been submitted ...
‘Disgrace, workers are paying to go to work’
THE controversial new parking charges at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre were introduced on Monday (October 17) - leading to daily protests at ...
‘We were hit with this bombshell – who has €68k?’
THE first sign that residents in Park West knew there was defective issues in their development, was in 2019, when an approved ...