Category: Tallaght

Toolkit to help tackle growing challenge of school avoidance

Toolkit to help tackle growing challenge of school avoidance

Tallaght

Understanding school absenteeism is key to fight it according to Tallaght-based Childhood Development Initiative who are launching the first online ‘toolkit’ for ...

Improving biodiversity in urban areas

Improving biodiversity in urban areas

Tallaght

Volunteers from EirGrid, operator and developer of the national electricity grid, recently took part in an initiative to plant native woodland in ...

Demand for more patrols  by gardai in Kiltipper Park

Demand for more patrols by gardai in Kiltipper Park

Tallaght

REQUESTS have been made for gardai to carry out more patrols at Kiltipper Park due to the issue of scramblers in the ...

Community invited to attend TUH talk on bowel cancer

Community invited to attend TUH talk on bowel cancer

Tallaght

A free, community talk on bowel cancer is being held in Tallaght village this April to coincide with Bowel Cancer Awareness Month. ...

Sensei Marie will be deeply missed by karate community

Sensei Marie will be deeply missed by karate community

Tallaght

Tributes continue to pour in from all over the karate world following the death of Tallaght karate coach Marie Reynolds from Fettercairn ...

Clash between 5k race and start of Mass causes problems

Clash between 5k race and start of Mass causes problems

Tallaght

A lady in her 70s was going to “climb over” to get to Mass on St Patrick’s Day as a misunderstanding between ...

Grandmother honoured for 55 years on school board of management

Grandmother honoured for 55 years on school board of management

Tallaght

A school celebrated an 88-year-old parent and grandparent who has been involved in the school management since “the turning of the first ...

Over 67% of hospital users were ‘satisfied’ with service

Over 67% of hospital users were ‘satisfied’ with service

Tallaght

Over 67 per cent of Tallaght University Hospital users were “satisfied” with the service according to a new study. The Trinity College ...

Three men are jailed for ‘cruel, cynical and depraved’ sexual assault of woman

Three men are jailed for ‘cruel, cynical and depraved’ sexual assault of woman

Tallaght

Three men have been jailed for the “cruel, cynical and depraved” rape and sexual assault of a woman they encountered in a ...

Glenn is a prime example for young adults to follow his steps

Glenn is a prime example for young adults to follow his steps

Tallaght

WORLD Autism Awareness Day was celebrated this week on April 2 by many in the county, including Glenn Byrne (21) from Tallaght. ...