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Volunteers tackle littering and illegal dumping in South Dublin uplands

Volunteers tackle littering and illegal dumping in South Dublin uplands

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By Mary Dennehy VOLUNTEERS once again gathered to tackle the ongoing problem of illegal dumping in the South Dublin uplands, braving the ...

Council allocated €2.4m for paths and cycle tracks

Council allocated €2.4m for paths and cycle tracks

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By Aideen O'Flaherty THE National Transport Authority (NTA) has allocated funding of €2.4m to South Dublin County Council for the reconstruction and renewal ...

Gardai investigate unrelated attacks on nurse and delivery driver

Gardai investigate unrelated attacks on nurse and delivery driver

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By Mary Dennehy WITHIN four hours in Tallaght last week, two people were allegedly attacked in unrelated incidents – a nurse on her ...

Debenhams workers given €500 cheque from local SNA branch

Debenhams workers given €500 cheque from local SNA branch

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By Maurice Garvey FORSA South Dublin South Leinster SNA voluntary union branch recently pledged their support to Debenhams workers, picketing every day at ...

Mural makeovers for traffic light control boxes across local communities

Mural makeovers for traffic light control boxes across local communities

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By Mary Dennehy IT’S THAT time of the year again when traffic light control boxes right across the capital receive a makeover, with ...

SDCC Development Plan: How can houses be built without contributing to urban sprawl?

SDCC Development Plan: How can houses be built without contributing to urban sprawl?

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By Mary Dennehy South Dublin County Council has started the process of reviewing the County Development Plan, with those living across communities invited ...

Charity golf day at Brittas for Rosabel’s Rooms charity

Charity golf day at Brittas for Rosabel’s Rooms charity

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By Aideen O'Flaherty Rosabel’s Rooms – a charity which supports parents following the sudden loss of a child – will be the recipient ...

Council home repossessed 48 hours after tragic death

Council home repossessed 48 hours after tragic death

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By Maurice Garvey THE council home of a tenant was repossessed, in what was described as an “horrendous operation”,  just over 48 hours ...

Local residents say they  are living beside a ‘port’

Local residents say they are living beside a ‘port’

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By Maurice Garvey RESIDENTS living beside a freight company in Clondalkin, have a complaint in with South Dublin County Council’s planning department, over ...

Glen receives first injection of miracle drug Spinraza

Glen receives first injection of miracle drug Spinraza

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By Maurice Garvey A HISTORIC moment happened last week in the young life of Clondalkin teen Glen McHugh Farrelly, who received his first ...