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Citywest Hotel given go-ahead for €20m cemetery on grounds
Sep 17, 2024
PLANS for a €20m cemetery with more than 8,000 burial plots within the grounds of Citywest Hotel have been granted planning permission. An Bord Pleanála upheld... Read More
Tallaght
Gaisce accreditation for Sensory Fun with Friends
Brookfield Community Centre launched the Gaisce club for young people with additional needs on Tuesday September 3 reports Ken Doyle. Brookfield's Sensory Fun with Friends ... Read More
Tributes pour in for St Jude’s passionate GAA enthusiast
Tributes have been paid today to one of St Jude’s favourite sons, Padraic Monaghan, who died after an illness. Padraic’s tremendous success in the GAA ... Read More
Collapse like a thunderclap led to a lifestyle change for Simone
A local woman who survived a ruptured brain aneurysm described how she felt it coming as a “thunderclap”, collapsed and couldn’t move until the ambulance ... Read More
Clondalkin
What can you do to make changes in the community?
A local drugs and alcohol task force held a community representatives’ night last Thursday. Clondalkin Drugs and Alcohol Task Force (CDAT) held the event in ... Read More
Corkagh Park works on track
UPGRADE works at Corkagh Park are on track according to South Dublin County Council. At the council meeting this week, Cllr William Carey (SF) asked ... Read More
Local Faces: Geoffrey McCarthy
THIS week in our ‘Faces of the Community’ feature, we shine a light on Geoffrey McCarthy, manager of the incredibly important and highly regarded Beacon ... Read More
Ballyfermot
In memory of John Wilkes, who played a beautiful game
Tributes have been paid today to the legendary John Wilkes of Cherry Orchard FC who died recently. John, a former Irish Junior international manager, achieved ... Read More
COPD group remember loved ones that passed away
A support group for those with illnesses associated with breathing held a very successful remembrance day last Friday. COPD Ballyfermot, whose new name is COPD ... Read More
Volunteers Fab 50
Ballyfermot Club for the Physically Disabled celebrated 50 years since its foundation last week. Originally set up by nuns from the Ballyfermot Seven Oaks Convent, ... Read More
Lucan
Father urges council to speed up his medical transfer request
A FATHER resumed his campaign to try and speed up a priority medical housing transfer the council offered them over five years ago. Christopher Moran ... Read More
Consultation process will start on €15m Lucan House
A CONSULTATION process is due to begin shortly in regards to Lucan House. The formal handover of the property took place over the summer, following ... Read More
Council continues to push for the opening of Lucan pool
SOUTH Dublin County Council continue to “push everything” they can to have Lucan swimming pool completed as soon as possible, following numerous delays which have ... Read More
Sport
Rovers aim to continue momentum in Galway
Shamrock Rovers will look to make it back-to-back league wins when they travel to Eamonn Deacy Park tonight. It is a relatively quick turnaround for ... Read More
Sport
Match of the Week: Late points secure championship title for Jude’s
TWO late points deep in injury time, from player of the match Ava Lewis, secured the Go-Ahead Ireland Dublin LGFA Junior G title for St ... Read More
Sport
Joe McNally Masters comes to St Anne’s
The Joe McNally Invitational Masters Football 7s tournament takes place on Saturday, September 14 at St Anne’s GAA club Bohernabreena, reports James Ffrench. McNally, also ... Read More
Sport
Pea’s turn attention to the league
PEAMOUNT United’s UEFA Women’s Champions League qualifying journey came to an end last Saturday as they fell to a 2-1 loss to Osijek. The Irish ... Read More
Sport
New season starts for Glen’s with victory over Weston
THE new season has begun for Glenanne Men’s 1s hockey team as they kicked off their Leinster League Division campaign with a 3-2 defeat away ... Read More
Business
ATC invests €22.5m to support ‘Driving Green Strategy’ fleet
ATC Computer Transport & Logistics (ATC) unveiled a landmark investment of €22.5m over five years to support its company-wide ‘Driving Green Strategy’, including the ongoing transition ... Read More
Business
Celebrating 35 years in your Community: Cuisine de France; Shane Vaughan
Over the next 4 weeks we will bring you interviews form the staff along with amazing facts and information about the services and products. And ... Read More
Business
Cheesecakes idea leads to Baked to Death business
WHEN he started baking cheese cakes during the pandemic’s first lockdown, cake business owner David Judge couldn’t imagine it would lead him to a brand ... Read More
Business
South Dublin County business awards applications extended to this Friday
RTÉ’S award-winning radio and television personality Marty Whelan will be the host at the South Dublin County Business Awards in the Maldron Hotel on Thursday, ... Read More
Business
Age Well with the help of individual exercises
Age Well Physiotherapy is going to fill in a gap in Dublin’s market according to founder Ciara Black. Age Well provides individualised exercise rehabilitation for ... Read More
Green light given for change of car park to warehouse campus
THE National Vehicle Distribution (NVD) has had planning permission approved for the change of use of lands from vehicle distribution centre car park to a ... Read More
Approval now given for four offices to be converted into four one-bed apartments
PERMISSION has been approved for the change of use of four offices into four apartments on Main Street, Rathcoole. Applicant Philip and Mary Connell plans ... Read More
Go-ahead given at Old Orchard Inn site for pizza restaurant offering takeaways
RETENTION permission has been granted to the Old Orchard Inn pub in Rathfarnham for a single-storey structure to function as a pizza restaurant offering takeaway, ... Read More
Arts & Culture
JP Food: Delicious beef hot pot & herby dumplings
From Tallaght, John Paul Kennedy is a self-taught cook with a passion for good old-fashioned home cooking. I really love this time of year and the ... Read More
Arts & Culture
Nature on our doorsteps: The Gooseberry Sawfly
Rosaleen Dwyer is the County Heritage Officer at South Dublin County Council – every week she gives us an insight into nature on our doorsteps ... Read More
Arts & Culture
‘This is my gift to Dublin’: Rapper Skull the Pierre sings his praises for adopted home
“THE privileged should give, and I’m privileged to be here. “This is my gift to Dublin”. Following his latest EP, 'Make Art Not Content,' Dublin’s ... Read More
Arts & Culture
JP Food: Raspberry & Almond bakewell cake
From Tallaght, John Paul Kennedy is a self-taught cook with a passion for good old-fashioned home cooking. I’m delighted to be back with my weekly food ... Read More
Arts & Culture
Busy Year Ahead for Tallaght Choral Society
"So very exciting year ahead!" exclaims Declan Doyle, Musical Director of the Tallaght Choral Society. TCS was formed in 1967 and now has well over ... Read More
Echo Rewind
Local history with Albert Perris: The Memoirs of Matty Dunbar
The following memoir featured in ‘Since Adam was a Boy: An Oral Folk History of Tallaght’ published in 1999 by local historian Albert Perris with ... Read More
Echo Rewind
Local history with Monica McGill: Corkagh House, history on the doorstep of Clondalkin
Those who visit Corkagh Park in Clondalkin may not know it was once the location of Corkagh House, one of our grand houses. Although the ... Read More
Echo Rewind
Local history with Albert Perris: The Memoirs of Willie Kennedy
The following memoir featured in ‘Since Adam was a Boy: An Oral Folk History of Tallaght’ published in 1999 by local historian Albert Perris with ... Read More
Echo Rewind
Local history with Monica McGill: Clondalkin’s Round Towers a great part of the GAA history
Amateur sports association Clondalkin’s GAA club is an important part of the history, aims and activities of a widespread sporting Association. According to Headquarters website ... Read More
Echo Rewind
Local history with Albert Perris: When Adam was a boy
The following memoir featured in ‘Since Adam was a Boy: An Oral Folk History of Tallaght’ published in 1999 by local historian Albert Perris with ... Read More
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Back to school with Eimear Naughton, Pharmacist, Meaghers Glenview
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Data Centre Technician Programme at TUD Tallaght – Read students’ experiences
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