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Doodle4Google finalist is looking for support in bid to help St Thomas’s school win €10k grant

Doodle4Google finalist is looking for support in bid to help St Thomas’s school win €10k grant

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By Mary DennehyA SIXTH class student from Jobstown is looking for the community’s votes in landing a €10,000 technology grant for her ...

Gardai uncover massive haul of cocaine in Tallaght

Gardai uncover massive haul of cocaine in Tallaght

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By Echo ReporterAs part of an ongoing operation into the sale and supply of controlled substances in Dublin City Gardaí from the ...

Farmers in gridlock with council over cattle problem

Farmers in gridlock with council over cattle problem

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By Mary DennehyTALLAGHT’S farming community has this week expressed its beef with South Dublin County Council, after the local authority refused to ...

“Not being able to communicate was difficult to come to terms with”

“Not being able to communicate was difficult to come to terms with”

Lucan

By Brendan GrehanIMAGINE NOT being able to say “hello” or “goodbye”, to miss the banter with your friends, or even not being ...

IT Centre closure is a ‘tremendous loss to the community’

IT Centre closure is a ‘tremendous loss to the community’

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyTHE impending closure of Ballyfermot IT Centre was announced this week due to changes in the funding model to secure ...

New innovative play/skate park to be ‘meaningful’ for young people

New innovative play/skate park to be ‘meaningful’ for young people

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyLONDON architect firm Relational Urbanism has been awarded first place in an international competition to design an exciting new €500,000 ...

Echo Young Artist of the Year–it could be you!

Echo Young Artist of the Year–it could be you!

Ballyfermot

By Echo ReporterThe Echo Young Artist of the Year competition is back for 2016 and we are delighted to once again announce ...

Knitting up a storm to keep babies warm

Knitting up a storm to keep babies warm

Clondalkin

By Mary DennehyCLOSE to 800 knitted hats and body-warmers for premature babies have been delivered to two of Dublin’s maternity hospitals by ...

Sewage stench still lingers around home

Sewage stench still lingers around home

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyBLOCKED sewage pipes caused havoc for a Ballyfermot family who say their back garden is destroyed and a foul stench ...

IT Tallaght lecturers send out a strong message to Government

IT Tallaght lecturers send out a strong message to Government

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By Mary DennehyLECTURERS at IT Tallaght sent a “strong message” to Government, on the day General Election 2016 was announced, about its ...