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Tag: Lucan
New Mayor to focus on fitness, mental health and older generation
FIANNA Fáil councillor Emma Murphy has become the first LGBTQ+ woman elected to the office of Mayor in the State, and she ...
ED at Tallaght University Hospital ‘extremely busy’
THE emergency department at Tallaght University Hospital is ‘extremely busy’, with lengthy waits for people presenting with non-urgent conditions. In a message ...
Gaelic games participation to benefit Ukraine refugees
TWO primary schools in South County Dublin will benefit from an initiative which aims to support Ukrainian schoolchildren to participate in gaelic ...
Hate speech highlighted in new poster campaign in South County
A NEW poster campaign to combat hate speech in South Dublin County was launched at County Hall in Tallaght on Thursday, June ...
Festival open to all groups and cultures in community
LUCAN Festival is back this year and will operate a full schedule of events from September 5-11, reports Maurice Garvey. The week’s ...
‘I’m very grateful to my council colleagues for putting their faith in me’ – Mayor
WHEN the outgoing Mayor of South Dublin County, Cllr Peter Kavanagh, began his tenure in June 2021, he was unsure of how ...
Cllr Emma Murphy elected Mayor of South Dublin County
WATCH: Councillor Emma Murphy (FF) was elected Mayor of South Dublin County at the council's annual meeting on Friday, June 24. The ...
Remembering Dr Noël Browne – the minister who battled TB
A COMMEMORATIVE stone in recognition of former health minister Dr Noël Browne’s role in eradicating tuberculosis in Ireland was unveiled in the ...
New Mandarin challenge for Leaving Cert students
SITTING the first-ever Leaving Certificate Mandarin Chinese exam posed a whole new level of challenges to the students who sat it this ...
Census 2022: Population exceeds 5m for first time since 1851
PRELIMINARY Census results were released today, with the population now above 5.1 million. According to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), the population ...