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Near 40 per cent receiving methadone treatment are on it for more than 10 years

Near 40 per cent receiving methadone treatment are on it for more than 10 years

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By Maurice Garvey CLOSE to 40 per cent of people receiving methadone treatment have been doing so for over ten years – a ...

Amazon gets go-ahead for fifth data centre in Tallaght

Amazon gets go-ahead for fifth data centre in Tallaght

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By Aideen O'Flaherty  AMAZON’S activity in Tallaght is set to increase after securing planning permission for the construction of their fifth data ...

Residents furious over ‘vile unbearable smell’

Residents furious over ‘vile unbearable smell’

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By Aideen O'Flaherty LUCAN residents, and parents whose children were attending a summer camp in Lucan Sarsfields GAA Club, complained of a “vile, ...

‘Rights in their Eyes’ art display goes on show at Tallaght University Hospital

‘Rights in their Eyes’ art display goes on show at Tallaght University Hospital

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By Mary Dennehy A TEN-year-old patient of the National Children’s Hospital in Tallaght has drawn a colourful self-portrait of herself as a ...

Spider with ‘massive’ fangs found in home

Spider with ‘massive’ fangs found in home

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By Mary Dennehy IT’S THAT time of the year when our homes make nice warm hideouts for long-legged spiders, whose numbers are reportedly ...

Hospital slips into the red despite €23.2m budget rise

Hospital slips into the red despite €23.2m budget rise

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By Mary Dennehy AN ELEVEN per cent budget increase in 2017 was not sufficient to offset an increase in costs at Tallaght University ...

Extensive maintenance works for River Poddle

Extensive maintenance works for River Poddle

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By Mary Dennehy SOUTH Dublin County Council will be carrying out intensive maintenance works on clearing the full length of the Poddle, ...

Prime commercial land in Lucan goes on the market

Prime commercial land in Lucan goes on the market

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By Aideen O'Flaherty A SITE of “prime commercial development land”, 23.5-hectare in size and located in Ballymakaily in Lucan, beside Grange Castle Business ...

Papal visit puts end to nudist pool swim

Papal visit puts end to nudist pool swim

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THE Pope’s visit is causing a cover-up in Ballyfermot after a planned nudist swim in the leisure centre this weekend was postponed ...

Gaelscoil site finally secured for a permanent building

Gaelscoil site finally secured for a permanent building

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By Aideen O'Flaherty A SITE has been secured and purchased by the Department of Education for the construction of a new, permanent school ...