Category: Tallaght

‘A big weight has been lifted off our family’s shoulder’

‘A big weight has been lifted off our family’s shoulder’

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty A “BIG weight” has been lifted off the shoulders of a local family after they received confirmation that their 12-year-old ...

Daniel’s Voyage receives €11,000 from charity tractor run

Daniel’s Voyage receives €11,000 from charity tractor run

Tallaght

By Aura McMenamin The mother of a boy with a genetic disorder was left overwhelmed on Saturday night after receiving a cheque for ...

Joyriders in Tallaght use car to destroy football pitch and crash into goalposts

Joyriders in Tallaght use car to destroy football pitch and crash into goalposts

Tallaght

A football pitch in the middle of a Tallaght estate was destroyed by joyriders on Thursday night, according to Dublin Fire Brigade. ...

Griffith graduate gets top praise for her Aran photos

Griffith graduate gets top praise for her Aran photos

Tallaght

A photography collection by Griffith College graduate Julie Smyth has been selected to feature in the prestigious Source BA Graduate Photography Online ...

Woman ‘not sick enough’ for carer to get allowance passes away

Woman ‘not sick enough’ for carer to get allowance passes away

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty A CANCER patient who was told she was “not sick enough” for her full-time carer to receive Carer’s Allowance has ...

Pipes and parades bring back memories of a bygone era

Pipes and parades bring back memories of a bygone era

Tallaght

By Sean Heffernan A PICTURE taken by photographer Arthur Fields – The Man on the Bridge – has resurfaced online, on a Facebook ...

Rapid-build houses start at St Aidan’s in Tallaght

Rapid-build houses start at St Aidan’s in Tallaght

Tallaght

Construction has begun on rapid-build social houses on the land of St Aidan’s halting site in Tallaght, with South Dublin Council giving ...

Sign of the times for Firhouse Victory Centre

Sign of the times for Firhouse Victory Centre

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty AN application has been lodged for the retention of a sign at the site of the Victory Centre in Firhouse, ...

Bridie hangs up her SVP blue jumper and badge

Bridie hangs up her SVP blue jumper and badge

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty FOLLOWING being awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from St Vincent de Paul, Bridie Sweeney hung up her blue jumper and ...

Mystery over new owner of the Cuckoo’s Nest

Mystery over new owner of the Cuckoo’s Nest

Tallaght

By Aura McMenamin Mystery over the new owners of the Cuckoo’s Nest continues, with the Lynch family denying that the property has officially ...