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Category: News
Budget 2020 soars to almost €256 million
By Brendan Grehan LAST week, the Elected members of South Dublin Count Council voted to accept the Budget for 2020 of approximately €256m, ...
Lee is honoured and humbled
By Hayden Moore SHINING a light on local business and sole traders as well as focusing on improving physical health and wellbeing is ...
€10m cost to clear up illegal waste dumping
By James Kelly SOUTH Dublin County Council has spent over €10 million removing waste from illegal dumping since bin charges were introduced in 2011, ...
New emergency refuge for women to open soon
By Mary Dennehy A NEW emergency refuge for families fleeing domestic violence is opening in South Dublin County in early December, with the ...
Hoax calls for Dublin Fire Brigade on the increase
By Maurice Garvey HOAX calls to Dublin Fire Brigade stations in South Dublin County Council have increased over the last three years. DFB ...
Wetlands plan put on hold
By Hayden Moore PLANS for the construction of a boardwalk in the Tallaght Wetlands site have reportedly been put on hold in the ...
Tallaght Uillean piper ‘honoured’ to perform at Gay Byrne’s burial
By Aideen O'Flaherty A CHAMPION uilleann piper from Tallaght performed at the burial of broadcasting legend Gay Byrne on Friday, with the former ...
The Echo partners with COPD Support Group for fundraising
By Aideen O'Flaherty A LOCAL support group for people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) – an incurable disease which makes it hard ...
Be Smart Be Safe drugs mission
By Mary Dennehy A PIONEERING community response to a changing drugs landscape has been launched in Jobstown, after a study found that 79 ...
Road users urged to ‘Stop for the Lollipop’ in new safety campaign
By Mary Dennehy SCHOOL wardens across the county are calling on all road users to Stop for the Lollipop, after figures reveal ...