Category: Tallaght

Dancing for the Pope at Festival of Families

Dancing for the Pope at Festival of Families

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty  STUDENTS from a local dance school performed alongside Riverdance in a performance for Pope Francis last Saturday, to the ...

New Educate Together secondary school opens

New Educate Together secondary school opens

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty  THE NEW Firhouse Educate Together Secondary School officially opened last week, when a cohort of First Year students crossed ...

Help for women smokers to quit – and it’s free!

Help for women smokers to quit – and it’s free!

Tallaght

WOMEN smokers from Tallaght and Clondalkin are invited to attend free one-to-one support sessions courtesy of the Irish Cancer Society’s We Can ...

Parish priest sad to leave inspirational community

Parish priest sad to leave inspirational community

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty A PARISH priest who is preparing to go on sabbatical before moving to a new Dublin parish has described ...

Summer camp ‘as Gaeilge’ a great hit

Summer camp ‘as Gaeilge’ a great hit

Tallaght

By William O'Connor TWENTY-seven young people attended the Feachtas, an Irish Language youth organisation-run Campa Samhraidh Feachtas Tamhlachta in Scoil Santain recently. The ...

Bark in the Park event draws in 100 dogs and 200 people

Bark in the Park event draws in 100 dogs and 200 people

Tallaght

By William O'Connor  Almost 200 people and over 100 dogs joined the Irish Blue Cross charity for the fun-filled and aptly named, ...

Golden Years Tea Party made sweeter by the chat

Golden Years Tea Party made sweeter by the chat

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy THE third annual Golden Years Tea Party took place in the Rathcoole Community Centre last weekend, with plenty of ...

Residents fear reprisals

Residents fear reprisals

Tallaght

By Aideen O’Flaherty A COUNCILLOR has said that people in Tallaght are reluctant to report violent assaults and instances of intimidation to gardaí ...

Calls for extra funding for mental health charity

Calls for extra funding for mental health charity

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy ADDITIONAL funding calls for youth mental health charity Jigsaw have been made, after it emerged that there is currently a ...

Spotting the wild birds and looping around waterways

Spotting the wild birds and looping around waterways

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy BIRD-watching in Sean Walsh Park and a looped waterways walk are among the activities being organised locally for this year’s ...