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‘Never Give Up’ virtual event to raise funds for cancer support

‘Never Give Up’ virtual event to raise funds for cancer support

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By Mary Dennehy A MARATHON runner who battled cancer twice in the past five years and underwent a bone marrow transplant is inviting ...

Jim’s instinct was always to help others with kindness

Jim’s instinct was always to help others with kindness

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By Mary Dennehy THE community is this week remembering Jim Lawlor and paying tribute to a “true Tallaght man” who volunteered decades of ...

106 year-old Máirín has a background in chemistry and experimental physics

106 year-old Máirín has a background in chemistry and experimental physics

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By Maurice Garvey DURING the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-19, which killed at least 50 million worldwide, Máirín Hughes recalls dropping food supplies ...

Family thank hospital staff and residents  for all their support

Family thank hospital staff and residents for all their support

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MOURNERS walked from Alex Ryan Morrissey’s home to Sacred Heart church this week, as friends and family remembered the much loved 15-year-old ...

‘We are asking people to hold firm, the community has been fantastic’

‘We are asking people to hold firm, the community has been fantastic’

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By Mary Dennehy THE CEO of Tallaght University Hospital has this week encouraged the community to #HoldFirm, and to continue with its “fantastic” ...

Friends to run a virtual mini -marathon to raise money for Aware

Friends to run a virtual mini -marathon to raise money for Aware

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By Mary Dennehy THIS Sunday two friends are embarking on a virtual mini-marathon to raise money for charity, Aware – and everyone’s ...

Jacinta wins the battle against Covid-19

Jacinta wins the battle against Covid-19

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By Aideen O'Flaherty A BLESSINGTON woman, who was so scared she asked a paramedic “if I was going to die” spent several weeks ...

Removal of tents belonging to homeless people ‘upsetting and frustrating’

Removal of tents belonging to homeless people ‘upsetting and frustrating’

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By Aideen O'Flaherty THE REMOVAL of several tents belonging to a group of homeless people, from the grounds of St Mary’s Priory in ...

24 residents take part in 12-hour relay to raise funds for St James’s

24 residents take part in 12-hour relay to raise funds for St James’s

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By Maurice Garvey UP TO 24 residents will take part in a 12-hour relay as part of a campaign to raise funds ...

Incredible work ethic

Incredible work ethic

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By Mary Dennehy THE “professionalism, commitment and courage” of Tallaght University Hospital’s team of over 1,400 nurses has this week been commended as ...