Category: Tallaght

Best young actress award for Abbie

Best young actress award for Abbie

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy MEET Abbie Stacey, a 17-year-old from Glenshane in Tallaght who has won a Best Young Actress award in the ...

Scoil Maelruain receive Amber Flag after turning courtyard into Wellbeing Garden

Scoil Maelruain receive Amber Flag after turning courtyard into Wellbeing Garden

Tallaght

By Aimee Walsh A primary school have received an Amber Flag after turning an unused courtyard into a ‘Wellbeing Garden’ for students to ...

Confusion surrounding the correct name of weir

Confusion surrounding the correct name of weir

Tallaght

By Aimee Walsh A MOTION to change the name of what is known as ‘Balrothery Weir’ to Firhouse Weir has been shelved ...

A family shares their story of drug addiction and engaging in support services helped them…

A family shares their story of drug addiction and engaging in support services helped them…

Tallaght

Four years ago, our son admitted that he used drugs. Since then, his journey has taken him from addiction and eventual homelessness, ...

Denis was a ‘larger than life man’ and loved music sessions

Denis was a ‘larger than life man’ and loved music sessions

Tallaght

By Hayden Moore IN THE days since the passing of community activist and Labour politician Denis Mackin, he has been remembered as a ...

Nine months jail for father-of-five who stabbed brother four times following a ‘trivial dispute’

Nine months jail for father-of-five who stabbed brother four times following a ‘trivial dispute’

Tallaght

A father of five who stabbed his brother four times following a “trivial dispute” has been jailed for nine months, reports Brion ...

GAA Club secure planning for pitches at Carmelite site

GAA Club secure planning for pitches at Carmelite site

Tallaght

By Hayden Moore BALLYBODEN St Enda’s GAA Club have finally secured planning permission for the construction of playing pitches and facilities at lands ...

‘We’re here to support staff so they can support patients’

‘We’re here to support staff so they can support patients’

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy MEET Róisín Carthy, the community’s new contact for the Tallaght University Hospital Foundation. Originally from Firhouse and now living in ...

Embankment pub site on market for offers in region of €6 million

Embankment pub site on market for offers in region of €6 million

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty THE site of the former Embankment pub on the Blessington Road, with planning permission for a 129-bed hotel and ...

NCT test centre  plans will ‘negatively  affect enjoyment and value of my home’

NCT test centre plans will ‘negatively affect enjoyment and value of my home’

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty A TYMONVILLE resident has said that extended opening hours at the Greenhills NCT Centre adjacent to his house will “negatively ...