Category: Tallaght

Homeless robber carried out two robberies at knifepoint

Homeless robber carried out two robberies at knifepoint

Tallaght

By Fiona Ferguson A homeless robber who carried out two robberies at knifepoint has been jailed for three years. One of Sean ...

Help us honour the Tallaght community heroes in 2020

Help us honour the Tallaght community heroes in 2020

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy DESPITE Tallaght Person of the Year 2020 being cancelled, members of the community can still recognise and say ‘thank you’ ...

Infestation of rats leaving local residents ‘petrified’

Infestation of rats leaving local residents ‘petrified’

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty ISSUES with rat infestations in open spaces in Killinarden and near Tallaght Stadium have left one local resident feeling ...

Ballymount Gatehouse being brought back to life

Ballymount Gatehouse being brought back to life

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy WORK on the Ballymount Gatehouse, at the site of what was Ballymount Castle, has commenced, with locals travelling on the ...

Father became verbally abusive to Gardai while drunk in Luas car park

Father became verbally abusive to Gardai while drunk in Luas car park

Tallaght

A TALLAGHT father-of-three who became verbally abusive to gardai while drunk in a Luas stop car park has been told to make ...

Local Faces: Pat West

Local Faces: Pat West

Tallaght

By Hayden Moore Pat West could be called the bird who didn’t fly the nest. But he loves where he comes from and ...

Local vet Jim Watkins was a true son of Saggart

Local vet Jim Watkins was a true son of Saggart

Tallaght

Memories in tribute to Jim Watkins By Mervyn Ennis Jim Watkins was a true son of Saggart. He was born and reared ...

Golf Club sold with reserve price of €850k

Golf Club sold with reserve price of €850k

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty MEMBERS of the Dublin Mountain Golf Club in Brittas feel “enormous relief” after the location of their golf course – ...

Challenging time for students  and staff in Tallaght campus

Challenging time for students and staff in Tallaght campus

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty NEW and returning TU Dublin-Tallaght Campus students are settling into the start of a new academic year unlike any other, ...

Founding member of Swan project retires

Founding member of Swan project retires

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy EAMONN White is this week retiring from pioneering Tallaght project Swan, after spending more than 25 years as a leader ...