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Organised criminal gangs using industrial estates to store drugs

Organised criminal gangs using industrial estates to store drugs

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By Maurice Garvey CRIMINAL gangs are using industrial estates as part of their operation for storing drugs. The recent JPC Policing Meeting ...

Calls for council to reconsider Swiftbrook Paper Mill plans

Calls for council to reconsider Swiftbrook Paper Mill plans

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By Aimee Walsh THERE are calls for South Dublin County Council to reconsider the rejection of the idea to turn Swiftbrook Paper ...

216 public liability claims made in 2020 against South Dublin County Council

216 public liability claims made in 2020 against South Dublin County Council

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By Maurice Garvey PUBLIC liability claims against South Dublin County Council have increased year-by-year from 2018 to 2020. There was 216 public liability ...

Charity warn residents of suspected fraudulent collection

Charity warn residents of suspected fraudulent collection

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By Maurice Garvey RESIDENTS are encouraged to contact charities or organisations directly, if they suspect a fraudulent collection. In the Monastery area ...

‘Racism is one of the worst things you can encounter’ – hurling star Zak

‘Racism is one of the worst things you can encounter’ – hurling star Zak

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By Aimee Walsh TALLAGHT hurler Zak Moradi is taking a stand against racism with new jersey that says ‘No to Racism’ displayed on ...

School angry they are  left off Hot Meal Programme

School angry they are left off Hot Meal Programme

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By Hayden Moore JUNIOR school children are designing and writing postcards to the Minister for Social Protection, Heather Humphreys TD, to request the ...

€800,000 spent servicing litter bins

€800,000 spent servicing litter bins

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€800,000 was spent in servicing litter bins across South County Dublin in 2020. An over flowing litter bin in Tymon Park The ...

484 applications from people in homeless services for social housing

484 applications from people in homeless services for social housing

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THERE have been 484 applications from people in homeless services for social housing so far this year. South Dublin County Council confirmed ...

Social distance pods in parks come under fire

Social distance pods in parks come under fire

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By Maurice Garvey A PROPOSAL by Mayor Ed O’Brien to install ‘social distancing pods’ in public parks came under fire from a ...

Temporary cycle track at Wellington Lane ‘accident waiting to happen’

Temporary cycle track at Wellington Lane ‘accident waiting to happen’

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By Aideen O'Flaherty A TEMPORARY cycle track at Wellington Lane in Templeogue is “an accident waiting to happen” and poses “a serious health ...