Category: Tallaght

‘I just heard an unmerciful bang’ as chimney blown off house roof during lightning strike

‘I just heard an unmerciful bang’ as chimney blown off house roof during lightning strike

Tallaght

A CHIMNEY was blown off a house as a result of a direct lightning strike this week, with residents detailing their experience ...

Pupils will watch and enjoy new school forest

Pupils will watch and enjoy new school forest

Tallaght

Talllaght Community Council (TCC) planted another school forest in Scoil Carmel this week. In the program funded by Google and AWS in ...

Hairdresser Donna ‘loved to chat’ and was a stalwart at GAA Club

Hairdresser Donna ‘loved to chat’ and was a stalwart at GAA Club

Tallaght

A STALWART of Thomas Davis GAA Club, Donna Owens, has been remembered as a slick hairdresser who “loved to chat”, stylish, and ...

School plan on recreational amenity for the community

School plan on recreational amenity for the community

Tallaght

FUTURE generations of students are at the forefront of a school’s thoughts, with it hoping to develop a new building and “recreational ...

Residents appalled and let down by mast works

Residents appalled and let down by mast works

Tallaght

KINGSWOOD residents are “appalled and hugely let down” by planning processes surrounding the installation of masts – with works appearing to have ...

Children are using pub toilet instead of pavilion

Children are using pub toilet instead of pavilion

Tallaght

CHILDREN are running across a main road to use bathroom facilities in a pub instead of booking the use of a “state ...

Litter wardens regularly patrol Hazel Hill to combat dumping

Litter wardens regularly patrol Hazel Hill to combat dumping

Tallaght

LITTER wardens regularly patrol the grounds outside the Hazel Hill halting site in Killinarden in a bid to combat illegal dumping, according ...

Rise in car thefts particularly Japanese imported vehicles

Rise in car thefts particularly Japanese imported vehicles

Tallaght

THERE has been a sharp spike in car thefts, with Gardaí pointing the finger at cars imported from Japan which have no ...

Wheelchair accessible bike is positive experience for Lorcan

Wheelchair accessible bike is positive experience for Lorcan

Tallaght

A TEENAGER and his family are raising awareness around the benefits of community-based, wheelchair accessible bikes – after a joyful cycle through ...

Local Faces: Marie Nolan

Local Faces: Marie Nolan

Tallaght

A TRIP by the Tallaght Youth Marching Band to perform at a Festival of Youth Bands at the Royal Albert Hall in ...