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Council in running for top excellence awards in 2024

Council in running for top excellence awards in 2024

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South Dublin County Council has been shortlisted in nine categories in the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards 2024 The 2024 ...

Google refused planning for data centre in Grange Castle

Google refused planning for data centre in Grange Castle

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South Dublin County Council has refused Google Ireland planning permission for a new data centre at Grange Castle Business Park. In its ...

Long-term leasing slammed as a €20 million ‘outrage’

Long-term leasing slammed as a €20 million ‘outrage’

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A local representative has expressed “outrage” over the significant money being allocated to long-term leasing of social housing by South Dublin County ...

Salvation Army homeless hub now houses 62 families

Salvation Army homeless hub now houses 62 families

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A move away from local authority house construction has pushed more and more children into economic homelessness, causing a ‘traumatic breach’ of ...

Plans for new €50m brain health centre of excellence in Cookstown

Plans for new €50m brain health centre of excellence in Cookstown

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Tallaght University Hospital Foundation have lodged plans for a new Centre of Excellence in Brain Health and Dementia in Cookstown Industrial Estate, ...

Man charged with Jordan’s murder to apply for bail

Man charged with Jordan’s murder to apply for bail

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A 36-year-old man, charged with the murder of a young man in a stabbing in Tallaght last month, is to apply for ...

New tech doorbells provide positive opportunities for callers

New tech doorbells provide positive opportunities for callers

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The local elections in June have brought to light some of the positive and some of the negative implications of a new ...

Council releases details of housing aid payments

Council releases details of housing aid payments

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South Dublin County Council have released details regarding the Housing Assistance Payment Scheme tenancies. The details released to The Echo indicate that ...

New app lists recreational facilities for disabled

New app lists recreational facilities for disabled

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A local company recently launched a new app which details recreational facilities throughout Dublin and Ireland that are accessible for people with ...

Proposed large developments fail on traffic solutions plans

Proposed large developments fail on traffic solutions plans

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LARGE Residential Developments (LRDs) which contain plans for hundreds of apartments fail to provide appropriate traffic solutions or community service plans, according ...