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Playground to make a difference

Playground to make a difference

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By Aideen O'Flaherty THE opening of a new playground in Collinstown Park in Clondalkin will make “a huge difference” to the area, ...

Clients ‘frustrated’ over closures of leisure centres

Clients ‘frustrated’ over closures of leisure centres

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By Maurice Garvey LEISURE centres in Tallaght, Clondalkin and Lucan remain shut, despite calls for them to re-open. The centres closed to comply ...

Vandalised lifebuoys found in lakes of Sean Walsh Park

Vandalised lifebuoys found in lakes of Sean Walsh Park

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By Mary Dennehy A NUMBER of vandalised ring buoys have been salvaged from the lakes of Sean Walsh Park in recent weeks. According ...

School to stay for another year

School to stay for another year

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By Mary Dennehy FIRHOUSE Educate Together Secondary School will not be moving out of its catchment community this September, after the Department confirmed ...

Tributes worldwide for peacemaker and Nobel Laureate

Tributes worldwide for peacemaker and Nobel Laureate

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By Maurice Garvey TRIBUTES were paid this week from far and wide for the ‘peacemaker’ John Hume (83), who passed away on Monday ...

Appeal lodged against 44-unit development on St John’s Road

Appeal lodged against 44-unit development on St John’s Road

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By Aideen O'Flaherty A CLONDALKIN resident has claimed that a 44-unit apartment development on St John’s Road will be “substandard” and will have ...

Happy 100th, Joe!

Happy 100th, Joe!

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By Aideen O'Flaherty A CHEEVERSTOWN House resident celebrated his 100th birthday last week with friends and staff, who describe him as a gentleman ...

HSE plans for Crooksling after resident deaths called ‘unseemly’

HSE plans for Crooksling after resident deaths called ‘unseemly’

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By Aideen O'Flaherty HSE plans to sell the former site of St Brigid’s Nursing Home in Crooksling, Brittas, have been described as ...

Local Hearts for Local Heroes

Local Hearts for Local Heroes

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By Mary Dennehy THE talent, thoughtfulness and gratitude alive within the community’s younger generation shone through in a creative competition that said ‘thanks’ ...

ICU team praised for its ‘admirable’ work during Covid

ICU team praised for its ‘admirable’ work during Covid

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By Mary Dennehy THE ICU team at Tallaght University Hospital has been praised for its “admirable” work in managing one of the highest ...