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Permission is refused for a new service station on site of Saggart Arms in village

Permission is refused for a new service station on site of Saggart Arms in village

Clondalkin

By Echo ReporterMAXOL Ltd have been refused planning permission to construct a service station at the site of the Saggart Arms in ...

Fundraising skydive to remember little Kasey

Fundraising skydive to remember little Kasey

News

By Mary DennehyA FUNDRAISING skydive is taking flight on April 30 to remember and celebrate little Kasey Kelly on the first anniversary ...

Pupils return to St Mark’s school after arson attack caused smoke damage

Pupils return to St Mark’s school after arson attack caused smoke damage

News

By Mary DennehyMORE than 500 Tallaght school kids this week returned to St Mark’s SNS after an arson attack in February forced ...

Funds of €15,000 for a new school library may have to be diverted to provide security

Funds of €15,000 for a new school library may have to be diverted to provide security

News

By Mary DennehyMORE than €15,000 fundraised by the community of Killinarden for Scoil Caitlin Maude’s first-ever library could be swallowed up by ...

Installation of lights at club grounds may curb vandalism

Installation of lights at club grounds may curb vandalism

Lucan

By Maurice GarveySOUTH Dublin County Council are in talks with the ESB with a view to installing lights beside a Griffeen Valley ...

Council allows demolition of 100-year-old cottages to facilitate a hotel development

Council allows demolition of 100-year-old cottages to facilitate a hotel development

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey DUBLIN City Council planners have undergone a dramatic U-turn – granting permission for a Sheldon Park Hotel development which ...

Clondalkin native and former MacDara’s student in running for James Bond role

Clondalkin native and former MacDara’s student in running for James Bond role

Clondalkin

By Maurice GarveyCLONDALKIN actor Aidan Turner is tipped to battle it out with Tom Hardy to become the next James Bond. BoyleSports ...

Amputee cannot return home unless house is adapted for wheelchair use

Amputee cannot return home unless house is adapted for wheelchair use

News

By Laura LyneTHE PARTNER of a woman whose leg was amputated in January following an illness is highlighting the daily struggles families ...

Crossing request for Esker Road

Crossing request for Esker Road

Lucan

By Echo ReporterESKER ROAD could be in line for a pedestrian crossing following a question tabled by local councillor Vicki Casserly at ...

Proposal for Lucan clubs is rejected

Proposal for Lucan clubs is rejected

Lucan

By Echo ReporterSOUTH DUBLIN County Council has rejected a proposal for using a council-owned building on the Newcastle Road for local clubs. ...