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Tag: Lifestyle
Meet the Chef: Brian McCarthy of Tom’s Table at the Red Cow Moran Hotel
By Mary Dennehy WITH nearly 30 years’ experience in the kitchen, Brian McCarthy is the new executive head chef at Tom’s Table, a ...
WATCH: Conor McGregor stars in hilarious and weird comedy series
Having been tipped for Hollywood stardom for some time, local lad and UFC superstar Conor McGregor has made his acting debut in ...
The Echo Year In Review December 2016: Homelessness brings outpouring of support local communities
By Mary Dennehy This time last year we hoped that 2016 would bring change in relation to issues such as homelessness, mental health ...
The Echo Year In Review November 2016: Burgled boilers, drug horses, and pushing for Barretstown
By Brendan Grehan NOVEMBER was a month packed full of news and great events. The Echo covered nearly all of them from the ...
The Echo Year In Review October 2016: Call for help from mother for those who despair
By Maurice Garvey A month of firsts you could say, with Jim Gavin’s Dublin GAA football team winning a first October All-Ireland ...
The Echo Year In Review September 2016: Door-to-door collections, bus strikes and burnt-out cars
By Maurice Garvey September is always a hectic month in the calendar, with councils back in session for public meetings, politicians returning to ...
The Echo Year In Review August 2016: Silver for Annalise, pyramid schemes in Lucan, and serious Pit Bull problems
By Brendan Grehan IT WAS Olympics month and events in Rio took over the news bulletins during August for good and bad reasons, ...
The Echo Year In Review July 2016: Death of Philip Preston, Tallaght Person of the Year – ‘a man mountain, with a heart of solid gold’
By Brendan Grehan THE MONTH did not start well with the sudden passing of Philip Preston, who the previous November had been crowned ...
The Echo Year In Review June 2016: Football fever, Brexit, and signs of development
By Mary Dennehy FOOTBALL fever hit communities this month, with local people of all ages donning their green both at home and abroad ...
The Echo Year In Review May 2016: Over 5,000 vacant houses, and criticism of healthcare system
By Mary Dennehy AS the fast-approaching summer holidays were on the minds of many this month, the issue of housing, and the lack ...