Category: Tallaght

Hospital bed shortage impacts on families of brain trauma victims

Hospital bed shortage impacts on families of brain trauma victims

News

By Mary DennehyA TALLAGHT family has bravely spoken out about the lack of rehabilitation beds for people who have experienced a brain ...

Three-year wait for 30-minute op leaves mother totally ‘stressed out’

Three-year wait for 30-minute op leaves mother totally ‘stressed out’

News

By Laura LyneA MOTHER of three who has been waiting almost three years for a 30-minute operation has been left frustrated and ...

Dedicated alcohol development worker

Dedicated alcohol development worker

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By Mary DennehyTALLAGHT has a new dedicated alcohol development worker who will be building, in partnership with the community, dialogue around alcohol ...

Gardai confirm suspicious approach made to Saggart pupil

Gardai confirm suspicious approach made to Saggart pupil

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By Simon WalshGardaí at Rathcoole station have confirmed to the Echo that they are investigating an “alleged suspicious approach to a youth ...

Hyland on cusp of world glory

Hyland on cusp of world glory

Sport

By Stephen LeonardFOR TALLAGHT boxer Patrick Hyland, every minute of training, every punch he has thrown and every thump he has absorbed ...

Bus corridor study puts €2m project on hold

Bus corridor study puts €2m project on hold

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyPLANS for a €2 million works project on Walkinstown roundabout are on hold – after the National Transport Authority (NTA) ...

Demand made for more strict laws against robbers who carry knives

Demand made for more strict laws against robbers who carry knives

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By Mary DennehyCALLS have been made for stricter laws in relation to robbers who carry knives, following a terrifying raid on Tallaght ...

Forty years a-growing, yet council cuts the tree down

Forty years a-growing, yet council cuts the tree down

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By Mary DennehyGLENVIEW residents this week woke up to council contractors cutting down a 40-year-old mature tree in their estate, The Echo ...

Concern about children in ‘mould-ridden’ house

Concern about children in ‘mould-ridden’ house

News

By Mary DennehyTHE issue of damp in council homes is back on the agenda this week, after a Tallaght mother raised concerns ...

Boden Theatre recalls 1916 with drama, poetry and song

Boden Theatre recalls 1916 with drama, poetry and song

Ballyfermot

By Brendan Grehan BODEN THEATRE Group have been hard at work over the long winter nights in rehearsal for their new production ...