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By Simon Walsh
In last week’s Echo we reported how homeless Tallaght families were left living in apartments that were flooded with raw sewage, despite reporting the health and safety hazard immediately to the council and relevant housing authority.
We spoke to mother-of-six Tammy Cosgrove and mother-of-two Lisa O’Grady who were both placed in a new 65-unit council project in Tallaght Cross, which is providing supported, temporary accommodation for families while they secure their own permanent home. Read more HERE…
NEWS: A young boy with a critical congenital heart defect, celebrated a major milestone last week – starting his first day of pre-school at St Michael’s NS in Ballyfermot. Read more HERE…
CRIME: A devastated widow was appealing for the return of a computer hard drive that contained over a decade of photos of her recently deceased husband, after her Citywest home was callously broken into and “thrown apart”. Read more HERE…
SHELTER: Gardai had last week notified the family of a man who fell to his death at a vacant house in Station Grove in Clondalkin.The Echo reported that the man was from the Clondalkin area, in his late 30s, and may have been trying to gain entry into the house for shelter. Read more HERE…
TRAPPED: Last week Tallaght village’s older residents spokeof how that have been “trapped” in their homes and “isolated” from friends and family due to ongoing road works to construct a €2 million cycle lane. Read more HERE…
MOST SHARED: There was huge reaction online to the news that a Tallaght primary school teacher was opening a new pre-school for children with autism, following research she carried out with 11 local families living with autism in the home. Read more HERE…
SPORT: We spoke to Brian Gregan after he helped the Irish Men’s 4x400m Relay team to a new national record of 3:01.26 at the IAAF World Champion-ships in Beijing. Read more HERE…
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