Category: Tallaght

Raising money for the homeless Christmas dinner at St Dominic’s National School

Raising money for the homeless Christmas dinner at St Dominic’s National School

Tallaght

STAFF in St Dominic’s National School donned their Christmas jumpers this week to raise €278 for the homeless dinner in Tallaght Adventure ...

Sniffer dogs at Tallaght school find no trace of drugs

Sniffer dogs at Tallaght school find no trace of drugs

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy THE Garda Dog Support Unit made no detections when it swept a Tallaght school on Monday, in a preventative and ...

Lights, music and joy –  with Santa and his elves

Lights, music and joy – with Santa and his elves

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty SANTA made a guest appearance in Tallaght last weekend with a team of elves on hand to welcome the Christmas ...

COURT: Detective drew gun in attempt to apprehend knife-wielding Tallaght man

COURT: Detective drew gun in attempt to apprehend knife-wielding Tallaght man

Tallaght

A DETECTIVE in Tallaght was forced to draw his firearm on Main Street to get a man to drop a knife, Tallaght ...

Tallaght estate targeted in Christmas crime spree

Tallaght estate targeted in Christmas crime spree

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy HOUSEHOLDERS have been reminded about security over the Christmas period, after a number of homes and cars were targeted in ...

Saoirse women’s refuge acts to highlight violence

Saoirse women’s refuge acts to highlight violence

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy A TALLAGHT refuge that provided shelter in 2016 to nearly 100 families fleeing domestic violence was actively involved in a ...

Amount of thefts, burglaries and robberies in Tallaght drop

Amount of thefts, burglaries and robberies in Tallaght drop

Tallaght

By Mary Dennehy CRIME in Tallaght didn’t pay as well in 2016 as it did in 2015, with burglaries down 45 per cent, ...

Tallaght teenager part of gang that assaulted two men

Tallaght teenager part of gang that assaulted two men

Tallaght

By Brendan Grehan A TEENAGER (17) who was part of a three-man gang that assaulted two men at a Luas stop on St ...

Tallaght man accused of 34 rapes

Tallaght man accused of 34 rapes

Tallaght

By Brendan Grehan A MAN (62) accused of 34 rapes and 16 sex assaults of a female over 16 years has had ...

The kindness of strangers brings joy to the children of Tallaght

The kindness of strangers brings joy to the children of Tallaght

Tallaght

By Brendan Grehan DUE TO the kindness of the people of Hackettstown, Co Carlow, some of Tallaght’s most dis-advantaged children will have ...