Category: Tallaght

Seven councillors from South County Dublin seek Seanad positions

Seven councillors from South County Dublin seek Seanad positions

Ballyfermot

By Echo ReporterSEVEN South Dublin county councillors are contesting the Seanad Éireann elections after being nominated by members of the Oireachtas, their ...

Gardai issue warning as heavy rain expected tonight

Gardai issue warning as heavy rain expected tonight

Ballyfermot

By Echo ReporterAs heavy rain and hail showers are forecast this evening the 29th March 2016, An Garda Síochána appeals to road ...

Volunteers sought to visit the elderly

Volunteers sought to visit the elderly

Ballyfermot

By Echo Reporter A CALL for volunteers throughout Tallaght and Clondalkin has been made by voluntary organisation Friends of the Elderly. Friends ...

Celebrating thirty years of helping eradicate poverty and deprivation through education

Celebrating thirty years of helping eradicate poverty and deprivation through education

News

By Mary DennehyMORE than 350 people gathered for a fundraising lunch on International Women’s Day to celebrate An Cosán’s 30th birthday. An ...

SDCC launch Bike2Bus initiative after lack of uptake in scheme

SDCC launch Bike2Bus initiative after lack of uptake in scheme

Clondalkin

By Maurice GarveyA LACK of uptake in the provision of bike lockers costing €12,000 in Lucan has led South Dublin County Council ...

Amazon re-submit planning application for old Jacobs site

Amazon re-submit planning application for old Jacobs site

News

By Maurice GarveyAMAZON’S development of the former Jacobs factory on Belgard Road, hit a minor snag recently, when a planning application was ...

County homelessness figure increases to almost 300 due to lack of rentals

County homelessness figure increases to almost 300 due to lack of rentals

Clondalkin

By Mary DennehyAN ADDITIONAL 16 single people and families registered as homeless with South Dublin County Council in the month of February ...

More children taken into care after upsurge in crack cocaine addiction

More children taken into care after upsurge in crack cocaine addiction

News

Mary DennehyTHE devastating impact crack cocaine can have on families is starting to appear across Tallaght communities, after a number of children ...

Scoil Chaitlín Maude pupils are Cleas Act

Scoil Chaitlín Maude pupils are Cleas Act

News

By Laura LyneTHE pupils of Scoil Chaitlín Maude wowed audiences across Ireland recently as they made an appearance on the TG4 show ...

Scrambler torment GAA club players and endanger children

Scrambler torment GAA club players and endanger children

News

By Laura LyneMEMBERS of St Mark’s GAA Club and residents in the surrounding area of Springfield have continued to be tormented by ...