Tag: Features

September 1972: First community school in Ireland opens in Tallaght

September 1972: First community school in Ireland opens in Tallaght

Arts & Culture

By Mary Dennehy DID you know that Tallaght Community School was the first community school in Ireland? On September 6, 1972, Tallaght ...

Rewind – Dublin Zoo

Rewind – Dublin Zoo

Arts & Culture

By Sean Heffernan “Oh thunder and lightning is no lark, when Dublin City is in the dark, so if you’ve any money ...

Rewind – The Round Tower Clondalkin

Rewind – The Round Tower Clondalkin

Arts & Culture

By Sean Heffernan  For this week’s Rewind, we start where we left off last week, once again discussing Round Towers; moving from ...

No Mercy – Calling all local acting talent

No Mercy – Calling all local acting talent

Arts & Culture

By Aideen O'Flaherty Tallaght is set to become the backdrop to a new online crime drama series, with the production crew from ‘No ...

Emmet Kirwan – ‘Dublin Oldschool’ goes from play to big screen

Emmet Kirwan – ‘Dublin Oldschool’ goes from play to big screen

Tallaght

By Aideen O'Flaherty  A PASSIONATE DJ goes on a weekend-long bender that sees him intersecting with the gardai, his friends, and a ...

Local Faces – Claire Sherry

Local Faces – Claire Sherry

Arts & Culture

Claire Sherry has been volunteering with Clondalkin Animal Aid since 1991, and spends her day rescuing and rehoming animals. The Echo met ...

Obesity Epidemic with 1.9 Billion Overweight Adults Worldwide

Obesity Epidemic with 1.9 Billion Overweight Adults Worldwide

Arts & Culture

By Brenda Mockler Would you consider yourself overweight or even obese? According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) if your body mass ...

Looking for fast, reliable broadband?

Looking for fast, reliable broadband?

Arts & Culture

Sponsored  ARE you happy with your broadband? If not, Digiweb is offering Echo.ie readers an exclusive deal. One of Ireland’s leading internet ...

Darkness Into Light now in its 10th year

Darkness Into Light now in its 10th year

Arts & Culture

By Aura McMenamin The annual Darkness Into Light event launches this Wednesday (March 28) in the Ashtown Visitors Centre in Phoenix Park at ...

Ticknock Mountain to host popular cross country biking blitz

Ticknock Mountain to host popular cross country biking blitz

Arts & Culture

A cross-country mountain biking event in the enchanting Ticknock Mountain is taking place tomorrow, Sunday, March 25. The event is just one ...