Category: Videos

The Echo 2019 Amateur Sports Awards launch

The Echo 2019 Amateur Sports Awards were launched in the Green Isle Hotel Conference & Leisure with fellow sponsors South Dublin County Sports Partnership and South Dublin County Council also back on board for another exciting year, celebrating great sporting achievements in our community.

Sean Cox GAA charity match presentation

The Echo spoke with Peter Cox, brother of Liverpool fan Sean Cox, who was attacked on his way to a Champions League game against Roma last April. 

The Cox family were presented with a €5,200 cheque from Round Tower Clondalkin following a charity match. Peter praised the Clondalkin community for their support and the fans of Liverpool FC and Official GAA.

Ballyfermot’s Dragon Twirlers rock the Ireland’s Got Talent stage

How good were the Dragon Twirlers from Ballyfermot on Ireland’s Got Talent tonight?

Fresh frog spawn found in illegal dumping ground in Tallaght

Local conservationist Collie Ennis found this fresh frog spawn in an area that has been used as an illegal dumping ground right in the heart of Tallaght.

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library launched in Tallaght

Children in Tallaght will receive free books every month through a new programme launched this week by Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and Childhood Development Initiative.

The programme is now open for registrations. 

SDCC’s Draft Climate Change Action Plan

South Dublin County Council’s Draft Climate Change Action Plan is now open for consultation. A public information event is also being staged on Tuesday, February 19, from 6pm to 9pm in County Hall, Tallaght.

Dublin’s four local authorities have joined together and each developed plans, which outline the actions they will take in response to climate change challenges facing the capital.

Golden Girls

What a performance tonight from Tallaght women Barbara Kelly, Lynda Flood, Angela Hogan, Lisa Walsh, Marie McGovern and Glenda McGovern who are members of the Sea of Change choir and who got the Golden Buzzer on Ireland’s Got Talent.

See next week’s Echo for more coverage.

Jim Crawford speaks to The Echo about new U21 role

New Republic of Ireland Under 21 assistant coach Jim Crawford sat down with Echo Sports Editor, Stephen Leonard, to discuss the challenge ahead and working with fellow Tallaght man Stephen Kenny.

Nurses’ strike at Tallaght University Hospital

Immense support in Tallaght for nurses on strike outside Tallaght University Hospital.

Jobstown’s Nicky Coules discusses his Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease diagnosis

Jobstown’s Nicky Coules discusses his Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) diagnosis and how the Tallaght COPD Support Group, which meets every Thursday at 11am in Rua Red, helped him.

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