Tag: Ballyfermot

GAA club members to run 300km to raise funds for support group

GAA club members to run 300km to raise funds for support group

Ballyfermot

MEMBERS of a GAA club are preparing for a 300km run to raise funds for a local support group for kids with ...

This weeks front pages – May 15, 2025

This weeks front pages – May 15, 2025

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The Echo Newspaper is on shop shelves across Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan, Ballyfermot and surrounding areas today. Pick up your copy or subscribe ...

Demand for stable housing for domestic violence survivors

Demand for stable housing for domestic violence survivors

News

Domestic violence survivors are “systematically failed” when they’re not provided with stable housing, said Women’s Collective Ireland (WCI). WCI Tallaght works with ...

Support Relay for Life appeal

Support Relay for Life appeal

Ballyfermot

A YOUNG mother from Ballyfermot who survived childhood leukaemia is calling on the Dublin community to get involved in Relay For Life ...

Local Faces: Brian Smith

Local Faces: Brian Smith

Ballyfermot

No doubt many of our readers will be familiar with Ballyfermot-based trad and ballad powerhouses, The Beermats, writes Ken Doyle. Formed in ...

Darkness into Light spreads love and hope

Darkness into Light spreads love and hope

News

Darkness into Light walks to support suicide prevention will come back this Saturday as founder Johnny Fox is remembered. On May 10, ...

This weeks front pages – May 8, 2025

This weeks front pages – May 8, 2025

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The Echo Newspaper is on shop shelves across Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan, Ballyfermot and surrounding areas today. Pick up your copy or subscribe ...

Bittersweet 40th birthday for Chris with his dad gone

Bittersweet 40th birthday for Chris with his dad gone

Ballyfermot

IT WILL be a bittersweet 40th birthday for Ballyfermot man Chris Gilmartin this year. Last June, his father James (66) lost his ...

Echo.ie gives us unlimited space – Print still matters, but online allows us to thrive

Echo.ie gives us unlimited space – Print still matters, but online allows us to thrive

Business

In its 45 years of business, The Echo navigated a constantly evolving media sector and soon understood that going online could be ...

The watchdog of the community

The watchdog of the community

News

It certainly takes more than a newspaper article to describe the impact of The Echo on the community it has served for ...