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Families are crammed into tenement style accommodation

Families are crammed into tenement style accommodation

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A TD has claimed that some homeless people on South Dublin County Council’s housing list are being housed in “tenement-style” emergency accommodation ...

Murderer stabbed Adam 183 times

Murderer stabbed Adam 183 times

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Remorseless murderer Philip Dunbar, who claimed he was suffering from a mental disorder due to chronic drug use when he stabbed a ...

Garda investigation launched after Crooksling blaze

Garda investigation launched after Crooksling blaze

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A GARDA investigation has been launched into the blaze at the former St Brigid's Nursing Home in Crooksling on Sunday morning. Seven ...

Majority of people appalled by Crooksling fire

Majority of people appalled by Crooksling fire

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"I’m appalled by the events unfolding at Crooksling Nursing Home," Mayor Alan Edge of South Dublin County Council told The Echo this ...

Major fire at former Crooksling Nursing Home

Major fire at former Crooksling Nursing Home

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Dublin Fire Brigade are currently dealing with a major blaze at the former St Brigid's nursing home in Crooksling. Firefighters were called to ...

Pedestrian (70s) hospitalised after alleged hit-and-run

Pedestrian (70s) hospitalised after alleged hit-and-run

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GARDAI are investigating an alleged hit-and-run incident in Tallaght on Thursday, which saw a pedestrian struck by a vehicle, believed locally to ...

People power as mast is removed

People power as mast is removed

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A CONTENTIOUS mast on Sylvan Drive in Kingswood was removed on Tuesday morning, when the telecommunications company that installed it decided to ...

Reeves Centre a game changer for hospital

Reeves Centre a game changer for hospital

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TALLAGHT University Hospital saw an extra 10,000 people across its Outpatient department in 2023 due to the ongoing success of its Reeves ...

Funds allocated for social housing improvements and footpath works

Funds allocated for social housing improvements and footpath works

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SOUTH Dublin County Council’s Draft Roadworks Plan for Tallaght includes €50,000 each for social housing improvements in Tymon North Court and St ...

206,734 people visited Tallaght Library last year

206,734 people visited Tallaght Library last year

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A TOTAL of 206,734 people visited Tallaght Library last year, while 889 people availed of South Dublin Libraries Mobile Library service in ...