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Category: News
Garda figures plummet for community policing
By Maurice Garvey THE number of gardaí assigned to community policing in the DMR West Division has fallen by almost 50 per cent ...
The Irish Heart Foundation says you should check your pulse often
By Brendan Grehan IN 2002 when he was 52, Rathfarnham man Colm McGlade woke up one night with palpitations. He checked his pulse ...
Echo Opinion: Luas Red or Green?
Luas management have been asked again to supply the same late-night service over the Christmas period on the Red Line as the ...
Echo Opinion: Burglary figures up, gardaí down
CHRISTMAS is a happy time for most of us, with the festive season providing a lift from the harshness of winter cold ...
Beware of young children collecting for bogus charities
By Maurice Garvey THE grubby world of organised crime is responsible for a significant amount of bogus collections in communities across South Dublin ...
‘Nod and wink’ budget is not good enough, say councillors
By Maurice Garvey COUNCIL budgets should not be put together on “nods and winks” according to Fianna Fáil councillor Daithí de Róiste. Dublin ...
Purchase of St Mary’s praised by residents
By Mary Dennehy SAGGART is celebrating this week, after the Archdiocese accepted an offer from South Dublin County Council to buy the former ...
With 500 people languishing on trolleys, government urged to prioritise action on bed crisis
THE terms of reference for a planned review on bed capacity in hospitals have yet to be set, despite a “trolley crisis ...
Mingling and enjoying College Awareness Week
By Echo Reporter MANY top businesses and universities were on hand to guide students during College Awareness Week at St Dominic’s Secondary School ...
Local school to work with Traveller movement
By Ellen Sweeney A SCHOOL in Perrystown announced plans to work alongside the Irish Travellers Movement to achieve the Yellow Flag – launching ...