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Category: News
1,000 appointments impacted by TUH power failure
MORE than 1,000 appointments were impacted on by a recent power failure at Tallaght University Hospital. As reported in last week’s Echo, ...
Homes left vacant becoming centres for anti-social behaviour
STRONGER action should be taken against the owners of vacant houses in the county, according to a local councillor. Fianna Fáil councillor ...
New system will deliver ‘seamless’ patient services
TALLAGHT University Hospital has introduced a new electronic patient record system which, replacing the existing paper-based records and processes, is the first ...
Research indicates ‘third and fourth generation drug users’
AN INTERESTING tangent of drug use over the last decade is that there is currently a large cohort of people over the ...
Proposed rail improvements to benefit communities
IARNÓD Éireann has commenced the second round of public consultation on Dart+ South West, which seeks to electrify existing rail lines between ...
Masterplan for Corkagh Park moves up a notch
A ‘MASTERPLAN’ to enhance the visitor experience at Corkagh Park is being progressed as part of the council’s capital programme. The plans ...
Mayor tells the public to ‘Light Up Your Bike’ in dark times
SOUTH Dublin County Council and the other three local authorities in Dublin launched the ‘Light Up Your Bike’ campaign that reminds people ...
Rugby club ‘mega development’ is moving in the right direction
A RAPIDLY expanded rugby club has revealed details around its “mega development project” having sold its home ground in a deal believed ...
Thank you for giving me life . . .
A NINE-year-old transplant recipient, an organ donor, and a mother of a deceased organ donor child participated in the Irish Kidney Association’s ...
Cycling the high road to put the spotlight on climate change
A LOCAL climate ambassador cycled from Tallaght to Glasgow for the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference and, now home, hopes the learnings, ...