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Policing of Jobstown water charges protest a ‘success’

Policing of Jobstown water charges protest a ‘success’

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By Brendan Grehan AN INTERNAL review of policing of the anti-water charges protest in Jobstown in November had found the policing to have ...

Calls for additional services in the west Tallaght area

Calls for additional services in the west Tallaght area

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By Brendan Grehan THERE WERE calls by councillors for additional services for West Tallaght in the wake of the destruction of a Lidl ...

Mother fears her son could end up with brain damage

Mother fears her son could end up with brain damage

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By Aideen O'Flaherty A MOTHER fears that her two-and-a-half-year-old son, who has been diagnosed with autism and frequently bangs his head on the ...

Man robbed three shops with blood filled syringe

Man robbed three shops with blood filled syringe

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By Aoife Nic Ardghail A “LARGELY institutionalised” Clondalkin man who robbed three shops with a blood-filled syringe to feed his drug habit has ...

Rathcoole man reaches semi-final of Norway’s Got Talent

Rathcoole man reaches semi-final of Norway’s Got Talent

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By Mary Dennehy A RATHCOOLE native has made it through to the semi-finals of Norway’s Got Talent, after a cracking Irish breakfast-inspired performance ...

Sports Complex remembers swimming coach Marion Lane

Sports Complex remembers swimming coach Marion Lane

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By Aura McMenamin THE TALLAGHT Sports Complex honoured the legacy of one of their longest-serving swimming coaches, almost a year after her passing, ...

Over €1,000 raised by teens for Foroige

Over €1,000 raised by teens for Foroige

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By Aura McMenamin TEENAGERS from Tallaght and Rathfarnham helped to raise over €1000 on Saturday, March 10, for youth service Foroige with a ...

Work starts on village Irish language and culture centre

Work starts on village Irish language and culture centre

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By Mary Dennehy WORK has commenced on the Irish language and cultural centre in Tallaght Village, with the cafe and bookshop expected to ...

HAP rental scheme ‘complete and utter drain on the state’

HAP rental scheme ‘complete and utter drain on the state’

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By Brendan Grehan SOUTH DUBLIN County Council paid out €22.1 million in Housing Assistance Payments in 2017, more than any other local authority ...

Man gets five years for sexual assault on woman he met on Tinder

Man gets five years for sexual assault on woman he met on Tinder

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A MAN has been jailed for five years for a sexual assault on a woman he met on the Internet dating programme ...