This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Talks ongoing to add Turntable ladder in Tallaght
Discussions between management and trade union representatives at Dublin Fire Brigade are examining the possibility of adding a new turntable ladder engine to Tallaght Fire ... Read More

Man with no insurance ‘going through a particularly bad period’ fined €500
A MAN caught driving without insurance, while serving a disqualification from driving for the same offence, received a fine and a suspended sentence at Tallaght ... Read More
All walks of life share experiences with recovery from addiction
Connection was very much the theme of a powerful roundtable discussion, held as part of the Tallaght Drugs and Alcohol Taskforce’s Recovery Month. The discussion, ... Read More
Recommendation to close dangerous junction will impact 2,000 homes
2000 homes are set to be affected after Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) recommended the closure of a dangerous junction in the local area. The junction ... Read More

Concerns about ‘ridiculously sharp and dangerous’ corner
Residents of Lealand Estate in Bawnogue have raised further concerns about the upgrades to roads in the area, due to be completed in mid-October. A ... Read More
Local Faces: Abul Shapon
Cricket is the second biggest sport in the world with an estimated 2.5 billion avid fans, writes Ken Doyle. Love for the game is particularly ... Read More
‘I was a wife for two days and now I’m a widow’
“You’re a bride for a day and you’re supposed to be a wife for a lifetime. I was a wife for two days and now ... Read More

Shocking the number of crimes by minors on bail
Minors on bail were suspected offenders in 325 crimes in the Garda district encompassing Clondalkin and Ballyfermot in the past three years. The Department of ... Read More
Beauty technician driving a speeding Polo car is fined €750
A BEAUTY technician was fined €750 for speeding on the motorway and overtaking cars while in the middle lane. Shauna Bradley (20), with an address ... Read More
Playground equipment set on fire
An arson attack on a local playground in Lucan last Wednesday has caused concern for locals. A structure in the Castlegate Park play area was ... Read More

Council to take over ‘direct responsibility’ on pool works
WATCH: The council have now taken over “direct responsibility” for works to complete the Lucan pool facilities. Chief executive Colm Ward confirmed that the contract ... Read More
Showing chess moves as Gaeilge to a TikTok star
A student from Coláiste Cois Life in Lucan will feature in a new documentary to be aired on TG4 about Ireland’s Education & Training Boards ... Read More
An Coimisiún Pleanála gives a thumbs down to Boomers pub
A planning appeal to allow a Clondalkin pub be extended into an aparthotel has been refused by An Coimisiún Pleanála. A planning application was lodged ... Read More
On yer bikes now!
PLANS for a bicycle-storage unit on the grounds of Technological University Dublin Tallaght have been approved by South Dublin County Council. The third-level college sought ... Read More
Change of use wanted for Airton Plaza centre
A planning application has been submitted for an education/day care centre at a new housing development in the heart of Tallaght. Stewarts Care, which provides ... Read More