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‘We have seen the ripple effect drugs has on families and communities’

‘We have seen the ripple effect drugs has on families and communities’

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By Mary Dennehy DRUGS and the devastation they are inflicting on communities was top of the agenda at a recent local policing forum, ...

Need for girls to become more involved in STEM

Need for girls to become more involved in STEM

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TO MARK Girls in ICT Day, Microsoft released research showing the critical importance of role models in generating interest in STEM amongst ...

Raising funds for DEBRA Ireland

Raising funds for DEBRA Ireland

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By Aideen O'Flaherty A NUMBER of avid runners braved one of Ireland’s toughest mountain races last month to raise funds for DEBRA Ireland, ...

100 babies born in Coombe every year to mothers on methadone

100 babies born in Coombe every year to mothers on methadone

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By Louise Roseingrave UP to one hundred babies are born in the Coombe Hospital to mothers on methadone every year. The figure was ...

Bank to remove temporary signage in Tallaght village

Bank to remove temporary signage in Tallaght village

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By Mary Dennehy AIB Tallaght has confirmed to The Echo that it will remove a temporary sign from its building following a complaint ...

Creche sold for €32k over its guide price

Creche sold for €32k over its guide price

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By Aideen O'Flaherty  A LOCAL creche sold for €32,000 over its guide price of €220,000 at auction last month. The Wombles Creche ...

iKydz shortlisted for the National Startup Awards

iKydz shortlisted for the National Startup Awards

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By Maurice Garvey  BALLYFERMOT business iKydz have been selected for the regional shortlist for the National Startup Awards 2018. iKydz created a ...

Two men arrested in Lucan suspected to be connected with organised crime

Two men arrested in Lucan suspected to be connected with organised crime

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Two males aged 24 and 25 were arrested in Lucan on Wednesday as part of an ongoing Garda operation. Both males are ...

Hermitage Clinic lodge appeal with ABP over Council’s refusal to allow extension

Hermitage Clinic lodge appeal with ABP over Council’s refusal to allow extension

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By Aideen O'Flaherty TORCROSS Limited, who operate the Hermitage Clinic on the Old Lucan Road, has lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanala ...

Man pleads guilty to attempted murder at the Hell Fire Club

Man pleads guilty to attempted murder at the Hell Fire Club

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A DUBLIN man who stabbed a teenager in the chest at the Hell Fire Club has pleaded guilty to attempted murder. Michael ...