The Echo Year In Review April 2016: Armed robberies, pitch and putt money problems, and more drug use

The Echo Year In Review April 2016: Armed robberies, pitch and putt money problems, and more drug use

By Maurice Garvey

Armed raiders staged robberies at the same newsagent in Clondalkin three times in the space of nine days – pointing a gun at a terrified 10-year-old boy during one of the raids. A sinister pair of local thugs were behind the repeated attacks at Bawnogue Shopping Centre.

A masked thief with a knife robbed a teenager’s bag near St Mark’s Church – bringing to 18 the number of such incidents in Tallaght since January.

April 2016 review 29 December 2016

Eight armed robberies occurred during one week at separate businesses in Tallaght – a significant increase on the two/three average.

Meanwhile, in Ballyfermot and Palmerstown, gun-wielding raiders attacked four businesses in the space of an hour.

Financial difficulties forced Clondalkin Pitch and Putt Club to place some land on the market. Clondalkin Paper Mills Sports and Social club brought two lots to market with guide prices ranging from €595k to €695k.

Two fires broke out in the space of a week at the former Gallaher’s site at the junction of Greenhills Road and Airton Road.

Agents for the property locked it up in 2015 to prevent homeless people accessing it, before the site was sold for €11.5 million.

Government funding of €3.8 million was announced for the long-awaited swimming pool in Lucan – with SDCC providing €6 million for the project.

A doctor in Tallaght Hospital warned that the facility could be hit by a tsunami of senior citizens in the next 20 years if recommendations made by the local health facility are not supported and resourced by the HSE.

The President of Donore Harriers Tom Byrne had a lucky escape after a bullet fired at his van, ricocheted and lodged in the back of the parked vehicle at the clubhouse grounds on Chapelizod Road.

Results of a task force study found a worrying increase in drug use amongst 15- to 34-year-olds – a figure which almost doubled in Clondalkin over the last year.

Tallaght native Alan Joyce, CEO of Quantas, was honoured by the Irish aviation industry at Ireland’s Aviation Gala Ball. Mr Joyce started his career with Aer Lingus in 1988 before moving to Australia in 1996.

Knocklyon mother Zoe Miller published her eighth book ‘Someone New’ – the latest mystery novel from the prolific author.

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