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Drugs/alcohol task force seeks to identify concerns

Drugs/alcohol task force seeks to identify concerns

News

By Mary Dennehy THE community is invited to engage in a number of public consultation sessions which will help to inform and ...

Calls for tougher actions on retailers surcharging  the reloads of Leap Cards

Calls for tougher actions on retailers surcharging the reloads of Leap Cards

Ballyfermot

By Echo ReporterSURCHARGES which cost customers an additional 50 cents each time they top up their Leap Card, should lead to tougher ...

Candle Trust in Ballyfermot to receive €300,000

Candle Trust in Ballyfermot to receive €300,000

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyCANDLE Community Trust is to receive €300,000 for the redevelopment of its campus in Ballyfermot, according to Fine Gael Dublin ...

Development of €30m logistic park at risk due to possible flood risks

Development of €30m logistic park at risk due to possible flood risks

Clondalkin

By Mary DennehyTHE outcome of a council meeting next Monday could possibly sink or keep afloat the proposed development of a €30 million ...

Local authorities call on Minister to make funds available for housing

Local authorities call on Minister to make funds available for housing

Clondalkin

By Mary DennehyDUBLIN’s four local authorities met in Tallaght this week to collectively call on the new Housing Minister, Simon Coveney TD, ...

Boy (13) drowns in River Liffey near Chapelizod

Boy (13) drowns in River Liffey near Chapelizod

Ballyfermot

By Echo ReporterA 13-year-old boy has drowned in the River Liffey between Islandbridge and Chapelizod this afternoon. Gardai and emergency services received ...

GARDAI unable to deny or confirm allegations of child sex offender in Rathcoole

GARDAI unable to deny or confirm allegations of child sex offender in Rathcoole

Clondalkin

By Echo ReporterGARDAI have been unable to deny or confirm reports of a serious child sex offender living in Rathcoole Village. This ...

Call to Taoiseach to appoint drugs and alcohol minister

Call to Taoiseach to appoint drugs and alcohol minister

Ballyfermot

By William O'Connor The Taoiseach has been called on to appoint a designated Minister of State with sole responsibility for the Government’s ...

Park joyriding escalates to crisis point for public

Park joyriding escalates to crisis point for public

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyDISCUSSIONS are taking place between stakeholders to combat anti-social behavior at St Cuthbert’s Park in Clondalkin. South Dublin County Council ...

SDCC pricing is ‘way below’ the asking price by landlords

SDCC pricing is ‘way below’ the asking price by landlords

News

By Mary DennehyA TALLAGHT mother has claimed that South Dublin County Council is pricing itself out of private-rented market, with the local ...