Tag: Features

Local Faces: Stephen Brennan

Local Faces: Stephen Brennan

Tallaght

HERE at The Echo, we believe that the people we focus on in our ‘Faces of the Community’ feature are special. All ...

Nature on our doorsteps: Thistles

Nature on our doorsteps: Thistles

Arts & Culture

Rosaleen Dwyer is the County Heritage Officer at South Dublin County Council – every week she gives us an insight into nature ...

Take the time to smell the roses – and all the rest of the flowers

Take the time to smell the roses – and all the rest of the flowers

Arts & Culture

SINCE ancient times people across all cultures have had a huge attraction to flowers, using them as a medium to express sentiments ...

Dream Factory featuring a spectacular circus and acrobatic mayhem

Dream Factory featuring a spectacular circus and acrobatic mayhem

Arts & Culture

'Dream Factory' is the eagerly-anticipated circus musical written by Cian Kinsella from renowned acro-comedy outfit Lords of Strut (RTÉ’s Body Brothers; Britain’s ...

JP Food: Delicious beef hot pot & herby dumplings

JP Food: Delicious beef hot pot & herby dumplings

Arts & Culture

From Tallaght, John Paul Kennedy is a self-taught cook with a passion for good old-fashioned home cooking. I really love this time of ...

Local Faces: Geoffrey McCarthy

Local Faces: Geoffrey McCarthy

Clondalkin

THIS week in our ‘Faces of the Community’ feature, we shine a light on Geoffrey McCarthy, manager of the incredibly important and ...

Nature on our doorsteps: The Gooseberry Sawfly

Nature on our doorsteps: The Gooseberry Sawfly

Arts & Culture

Rosaleen Dwyer is the County Heritage Officer at South Dublin County Council – every week she gives us an insight into nature ...

‘This is my gift to Dublin’: Rapper Skull the Pierre sings his praises for adopted home

‘This is my gift to Dublin’: Rapper Skull the Pierre sings his praises for adopted home

Arts & Culture

“THE privileged should give, and I’m privileged to be here. “This is my gift to Dublin”. Following his latest EP, 'Make Art ...

Local Faces: Caroline Corcoran-Ennis

Local Faces: Caroline Corcoran-Ennis

Clondalkin

CAROLINE Corcoran-Ennis, of St John’s in Clondalkin, is one of the most selfless people you could possibly meet. When it comes to ...

Local history with Monica McGill: Clondalkin’s Round Towers a great part of the GAA history

Local history with Monica McGill: Clondalkin’s Round Towers a great part of the GAA history

Echo Rewind

Amateur sports association Clondalkin’s GAA club is an important part of the history, aims and activities of a widespread sporting Association. According ...