Category: Tallaght

Hospital sees 10% increase  in patients over 75 years

Hospital sees 10% increase in patients over 75 years

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy TALLAGHT University Hospital has seen a return to normal levels of Emergency Department activity, alongside recording a 10 per cent ...

Minister needed in domestic, sexual and gender based violence

Minister needed in domestic, sexual and gender based violence

Tallaght

Ellen O'Malley Dunlop, Acting CEO of Saoirse DV Services, this week writes in The Echo.  From a recent article published in the ...

New Sports pavilion in Dodder Valley Park nearing completion

New Sports pavilion in Dodder Valley Park nearing completion

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty AS the new sports pavilion that’s currently being developed in Dodder Valley Park is nearing completion, members of the local ...

Firhouse school’s move to Citywest back on the table

Firhouse school’s move to Citywest back on the table

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy THE Department of Education’s proposal that a new post-primary school in Firhouse moves 10km away to temporary accommodation in Citywest ...

Six hundred people sign the petition to purchase cottages

Six hundred people sign the petition to purchase cottages

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty OVER 600 people have signed a petition calling on South Dublin County Council to purchase two historical cottages on the ...

Detective Horkan was ‘one of nature’s gentlemen’

Detective Horkan was ‘one of nature’s gentlemen’

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy ON SUNDAY, June 21, local Garda Stations stood still in a silent tribute to Detective Garda Colm Horkan, who lost ...

Dublin Mountains undergoing  a massive  makeover

Dublin Mountains undergoing a massive makeover

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy THE Dublin Mountains is undergoing a makeover that will see nine Coillte forests transition from commercial use to fully ...

Protest over 24-metre high phone mast

Protest over 24-metre high phone mast

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty OVER 40 people attended a protest against plans for the erection of a 24-metre-high phone mast at IS Varian and ...

Driving test centres working  to resume normal services

Driving test centres working to resume normal services

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy THE RSA is working to resume driver testing services, with plans in place to resume driving tests for trucks, buses ...

Heed to no swimming signs on Blessington Lakes

Heed to no swimming signs on Blessington Lakes

Tallaght

By Maurice Garvey THE ESB have appealed for people to heed the safety signs prohibiting swimming and use of inflatables on Blessington Lakes. ...