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Awards for unsung heroes

Awards for unsung heroes

Clondalkin

By William O'ConnorFrom over 300 nominations, 30 exceptional volunteers have been shortlisted for this year’s Volunteer Ireland Awards including two from South ...

Positive feedback for organisers of Red Line  Book Festival, with nearly 2,500 attending

Positive feedback for organisers of Red Line Book Festival, with nearly 2,500 attending

Clondalkin

By Mary DennehyNEARLY 2,500 people took part in this year’s Red Line Book Festival, including a Canadian couple who attended a writing ...

Here’s 5 things to do locally this week

Here’s 5 things to do locally this week

Ballyfermot

By Mary Dennehy1.GET fruity and attend a history talk on Dublin’s Fruit and Vegetable Markets.  Part of the Tallaght Historical Society series, ...

Smart move by restaurants to help the homeless services

Smart move by restaurants to help the homeless services

Ballyfermot

By Mary DennehyA TALLAGHT company has given its support to a new charitable movement which has teamed up with some of the ...

Lucan Community College parents and residents urged to keep pressure on

Lucan Community College parents and residents urged to keep pressure on

Lucan

By Maurice Garvey PLANS for an extension at Lucan Community College are moving slightly forward – but facilitators are urging parents and ...

Park safety measures to be implemented

Park safety measures to be implemented

Clondalkin

By Maurice GarveySOUTH Dublin County Council are set to implement a three- to five-year plan to improve safety for residents in Willsbrook ...

Pretty little bonny baby Susan wins Echo prize

Pretty little bonny baby Susan wins Echo prize

Ballyfermot

By Brendan GrehanAFTER MAKING it into the final ten, Susan Devitt was crowned The Echo’s Bonny Baby of 1982 at a reception ...

Cyclist fatally injured by truck turning left

Cyclist fatally injured by truck turning left

Lucan

By Louise RoseingraveA CYCLIST navigating a busy roundabout during rush-hour traffic sustained fatal catastrophic crush injuries when he was run over by ...

Did you miss any of the biggest stories from last week’s Echo? Right this way…

Did you miss any of the biggest stories from last week’s Echo? Right this way…

Ballyfermot

By Simon WalshNews that a man had been arrested in relation to a vicious afternoon mugging on a senior citizen in Tallaght ...

Armed thieves tie up night porter and escape with €6,000

Armed thieves tie up night porter and escape with €6,000

Lucan

By Brendan GrehanGARDAÍ IN Lucan are investigating an armed robbery that happened at Finnstown House on Tuesday morning (October 27). A Garda ...