Tag: Lifestyle

Who remembers growing up in Tallaght in the 80s?

Who remembers growing up in Tallaght in the 80s?

Arts & Culture

After the huge success of our ‘Do you remember going out in Tallaght in 90s?’ posts online recently, we’re continuing our look ...

The importance of neutering your cat and NOT feeding wild cats

The importance of neutering your cat and NOT feeding wild cats

Arts & Culture

This week we visited the DSPCA to meet three-week-old Echo – a kitten found in a tyre yard at just five days ...

New challenge for Tallaght’s Tracey with Slimming World group

New challenge for Tallaght’s Tracey with Slimming World group

Arts & Culture

By Aideen O'Flaherty A TALLAGHT woman who lost five stone and had her wedding featured on Don't Tell The Bride is preparing ...

On This Day 1980: Ballyfermot’s Joan Doran becomes first female CIE bus driver

On This Day 1980: Ballyfermot’s Joan Doran becomes first female CIE bus driver

Ballyfermot

Joan Doran from Ballyfermot was the first woman to drive a CIE Bus for a living. On one of her first days ...

This week’s Jobstown House Carpool Karaoke is all about that bass!

This week’s Jobstown House Carpool Karaoke is all about that bass!

Arts & Culture

It’s Friday so that means it’s time for the Jobstown House’s Carpool Karaoke, and this week it’s all about that bass! Last ...

Did you know a woman from Tallaght married Adolf Hitler’s half brother?

Did you know a woman from Tallaght married Adolf Hitler’s half brother?

Arts & Culture

This article first appeared in the Echo on November 18, 1999 and was written by Donal Bergin. Adolf Hitler, the monster who ...

Fighting Words victory for Coláiste de hÍde’s Julianna

Fighting Words victory for Coláiste de hÍde’s Julianna

Arts & Culture

A THIRD year Coláiste de hÍde student has had her writing picked to be a part of the Irish Times' Fighting Words ...

Room for Two comes to the Civic Theatre

Room for Two comes to the Civic Theatre

Arts & Culture

KNOWN for her roles in Glenroe and Fair City, actress Geraldine Plunkett is currently performing in a brand new, heart-warming drama called ...

The IFI has archived Irish TV ads from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s and they are hilarious

The IFI has archived Irish TV ads from the 1960s, ’70s and ’80s and they are hilarious

Arts & Culture

We all remember the TV adverts from our childhood which instantly transport us back to a time when we were little, and ...

PART FOUR: Do you remember going out in Tallaght in the 90s?

PART FOUR: Do you remember going out in Tallaght in the 90s?

Arts & Culture

Over the past couple of weeks we’ve brought you some of the best pictures from the Tallaght social scene in the 90s, ...