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Calls to declare a housing emergency

Calls to declare a housing emergency

Clondalkin

By Laura LyneCALLS to increase the amount of housing being built across South Dublin County and to declare the housing crisis a ...

Hospital bed shortage impacts on families of brain trauma victims

Hospital bed shortage impacts on families of brain trauma victims

News

By Mary DennehyA TALLAGHT family has bravely spoken out about the lack of rehabilitation beds for people who have experienced a brain ...

Three-year wait for 30-minute op leaves mother totally ‘stressed out’

Three-year wait for 30-minute op leaves mother totally ‘stressed out’

News

By Laura LyneA MOTHER of three who has been waiting almost three years for a 30-minute operation has been left frustrated and ...

Dedicated alcohol development worker

Dedicated alcohol development worker

News

By Mary DennehyTALLAGHT has a new dedicated alcohol development worker who will be building, in partnership with the community, dialogue around alcohol ...

More awareness needed says mother-of-three stroke victim

More awareness needed says mother-of-three stroke victim

Clondalkin

By Mary DennehyA MOTHER-of-three has stressed the need for more awareness of the symptoms and signs of a stroke, after she collapsed ...

Gardai confirm suspicious approach made to Saggart pupil

Gardai confirm suspicious approach made to Saggart pupil

News

By Simon WalshGardaí at Rathcoole station have confirmed to the Echo that they are investigating an “alleged suspicious approach to a youth ...

Bus corridor study puts €2m project on hold

Bus corridor study puts €2m project on hold

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyPLANS for a €2 million works project on Walkinstown roundabout are on hold – after the National Transport Authority (NTA) ...

Demand made for more strict laws against robbers who carry knives

Demand made for more strict laws against robbers who carry knives

News

By Mary DennehyCALLS have been made for stricter laws in relation to robbers who carry knives, following a terrifying raid on Tallaght ...

Local disability school facility is not fit-for its purpose

Local disability school facility is not fit-for its purpose

Clondalkin

By Maurice GarveyA DISABILITY school in Clondalkin are currently working in a facility that is “not-fit-for purpose.” Scoil Mochua on Old Nangor ...

Forty years a-growing, yet council cuts the tree down

Forty years a-growing, yet council cuts the tree down

News

By Mary DennehyGLENVIEW residents this week woke up to council contractors cutting down a 40-year-old mature tree in their estate, The Echo ...