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This weeks front pages – March 12, 2026 The Echo is out today! You’ll find the latest edition on shelves across Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan, Ballyfermot and neighbouring areas. Support local journalism by picking up your copy or subscribing...

The Echo is out today! You’ll find the latest edition on shelves across Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan, Ballyfermot and neighbouring areas.

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199 apartment plans at old Woodies site is appealed Tallaght Community Council have lodged an appeal against planning permission for almost 200 apartments on the former Woodies site in the village. South Dublin County Council granted planning permissio...

199 apartment plans at old Woodies site is appealed. www.echo.ie/199-apartmen...

Residents say TDs votes ‘sends a clear message on their priorities’ A Saggart residents’ group has criticised Dublin Mid-West TDs for voting against a measure that would have increased community engagement around new IPAS centres.An amendment to the International Prot...

Residents say TDs votes ‘sends a clear message on their priorities.’ www.echo.ie/residents-sa...

‘Being punished for bad planning’ over parking issues Residents in Citywest with nowhere to park are “being punished for bad planning”, according to councillors. Parking infrastructure continues to be an issue across the county, prompting calls for physi...

‘Being punished for bad planning’ over parking issues in Citywest. www.echo.ie/being-punish...

We thought ‘world was going to end’ Twin brothers from Clondalkin stranded in Qatar thought their “world was going to end” when missiles began to fly over their heads.Christian and Killian Walsh, both 19, are currently stuck in the Qata...

We thought ‘world was going to end.’ www.echo.ie/we-thought-w...

Bus routes cancelled due to anti-social behaviour Bus services into Jobstown were cancelled on Tuesday evening due to “anti-social behaviour” along a major route. Dublin Bus issued a statement at approximately 8pm on Tuesday, March 3, advising that “...

Bus services into Jobstown were cancelled on Tuesday evening due to “anti-social behaviour” along a major route. www.echo.ie/bus-routes-c...

‘A marked rise’ in e-scooter injuries The number of patients presenting with injuries from e-scooter related injuries at Tallaght University Hospital nearly doubled over 12 months. A new study by the hospital’s Department of Trauma and Or...

‘A marked rise’ in e-scooter injuries. www.echo.ie/a-marked-ris...

Security hired to protect council staff repairing street lights The council have been forced to hire private security to “provide protection” to staff carrying out lighting repairs in estates in Jobstown. Public lighting in Brookview and Rossfield estates in Jobst...

Security hired to protect council staff repairing street lights. www.echo.ie/security-hir...

Residents finally move into apartments vacant since 2024 “It’s no good for housing like this to remain unoccupied.” Residents have started to move into the Loreto Gate apartments in Rathfarnham as the lengthy and troubled process nears an end. Occupation of...

Residents finally move into apartments vacant since 2024. www.echo.ie/residents-fi...

This weeks front pages – February 26, 2026 The Echo is out today! You’ll find the latest edition on shelves across Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan, Ballyfermot and neighbouring areas. Support local journalism by picking up your copy or subscribing...

The Echo is out today! You’ll find the latest edition on shelves across Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan, Ballyfermot and neighbouring areas.

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‘People are struggling and terrified of a rent increase’ Any review of rent paid by council tenants “must not be used as a back door to raise revenue by hiking rents”, a Tallaght councillor has said. Neighbouring local authorities Dublin City Council, Finga...

‘People are struggling and terrified of a rent increase.’ www.echo.ie/people-are-s...

Gardai seize €600k worth of ketamine in Clondalkin Gardai seized €675,000 worth of illegal substances, including €600,000 of ketamine, and made one arrest after a search in Clondalkin on Monday. Gardai seized €600,000 worth of ketamine, cannabis worth...

Gardai seize €600k worth of ketamine in Clondalkin. www.echo.ie/gardai-seize...

New plazas and restrictions planned for Tallaght Village Plans for new plazas and “social gathering spots” along with restricting sections of Tallaght’s Main Street to “bus only” traffic are some of the proposals detailed in the latest stage of the Tallaght...

New plazas and restrictions planned for Tallaght Village. www.echo.ie/new-plazas-a...

Door smashed and till taken as gardai investigate break-in at new Ruff Cafe The council’s new café in Corkagh Park in Clondalkin was broken into in the early hours of Monday morning, only three months after it was opened to the public.Ruff Café was the victim of a break-in ea...

Door smashed and till taken as gardai investigate break-in at new Ruff Cafe. www.echo.ie/door-smashed...

Drugs worth €43,000 seized by gardai Gardai seized €43,000 worth of suspected Drugs in Clondalkin while on routine patrol and follow up searches on Tuesday evening. While on routine patrol in the Belgard area of Clondalkin, Gardaí identi...

Drugs worth €43,000 seized by gardai. www.echo.ie/drugs-worth-...

Passenger threatens bus driver over fare dispute Gardaí were called to a bus stop in Tallaght after a driver was threatened by a passenger over a fare dispute. It’s one of a number of incidents of anti-social behaviour reported by Dublin Bus drivers...

Passenger threatens bus driver over fare dispute. www.echo.ie/passenger-th...

Parking system ‘terrorising the whole estate’ “How anyone’s ever going to get out of that is mad.”An emergency general meeting is on the table for Kiltipper residents after a new permit-based parking system was brought in with barely three weeks’...

Parking system ‘terrorising the whole estate.’ www.echo.ie/parking-syst...

Mother heartbroken after son’s memorials removed The mother of a Tallaght teenager who died in a tragic scrambler accident last year has been left frustrated and heartbroken over the removal of memorials to her son.Jason Monks, an 18-year-old father...

Mother heartbroken after son’s memorials removed. www.echo.ie/mother-heart...

Residents association to oppose rezoning of Citywest Golf Courses “Once rezoned and developed, this land will be lost to the community permanently.”A local community council has opposed the proposed rezoning of golf courses in Citywest  as the county council seek to...

Residents association to oppose rezoning of Citywest Golf Courses. www.echo.ie/residents-as...

Fionn faced cancer with such courage “He loved everyone on the team…he was just so passionate about football.”Tributes poured in following the passing of “fighter” 15-year-old Fionn Dooley from Rathfarnham after a battle with cancer. For...

Tributes poured in following the passing of “fighter” 15-year-old Fionn Dooley from Rathfarnham after a battle with cancer.

www.echo.ie/fionn-faced-...

This weeks front pages – February 5, 2026 The Echo is out today! You’ll find the latest edition on shelves across Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan, Ballyfermot and neighbouring areas. Support local journalism by picking up your copy or subscribing...

The Echo is out today! You’ll find the latest edition on shelves across Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan, Ballyfermot and neighbouring areas.
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Park users brewing up a storm over trade license issue “We’ve just removed it…we need time to get this right.” The coffee van that did not get its casual trading licence renewed will not return in the near future, as the council reiterated their intention...

Park users brewing up a storm over trade license issue. www.echo.ie/park-users-b...

Citywest sex attack accused sent for trial A man accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in west Dublin in October has been sent forward for trial, reports Tom Tuite. The 26-year-old non-Irish national appeared again at Cloverhill Di...

A man accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in west Dublin in October has been sent forward for trial. www.echo.ie/citywest-sex...

Boxing Club ‘in shock’ after securing €1.25m for new home Over one million euro has been put aside to help Jobstown Boxing Club get a new home so that they can take on more potential world champions. €1,250,000 has been allocated by South Dublin County Counc...

Boxing Club ‘in shock’ after securing €1.25m for new home. www.echo.ie/boxing-club-...

This weeks front pages – January 29, 2026 The Echo is out today! You’ll find the latest edition on shelves across Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan, Ballyfermot and neighbouring areas. Support local journalism by picking up your copy or subscribing...

The Echo is out today! You’ll find the latest edition on shelves across Tallaght, Clondalkin, Lucan, Ballyfermot and neighbouring areas.

www.echo.ie/this-weeks-f...

‘Proximity of vape shops to schools is a major problem’ “In Clondalkin Village, the proximity of vape shops to schools is a major problem.”Vape shops and their products in Clondalkin and surrounding areas are targeting the community’s youth, according to a...

‘Proximity of vape shops to schools is a major problem.’ www.echo.ie/proximity-of...

€80 million allocated to active travel works “It’s been an ambitious programme.” €80 million has been committed to active travel works set to take place across South Dublin over the next three years, including a cycle track connecting Tallaght a...

 €80 million allocated to active travel works. www.echo.ie/e80-million-...

Tallaght man Richard Baneham earns third Oscar nomination A man from Tallaght has earned his third Oscar nomination for his work on a billion-dollar blockbuster. Richard Baneham from Oldbawn, Tallaght has earned his third Academy Award nomination for his vis...

Tallaght man Richard Baneham earns third Oscar nomination. www.echo.ie/tallaght-man...

Action needed on canisters ‘before we have a death’ There have been renewed calls for nitrous oxide to be outlawed in Ireland “before we have a death”.Cllr Francis Timmons (Ind) has called on the government bring in legislation on the gas after a “huge...

Action needed on canisters ‘before we have a death.’ www.echo.ie/action-neede...

Man who sexually abused his daughter jailed for seven years A man who sexually abused his daughter during her childhood, telling her that they had “a special love” her mother would be jealous of, has been jailed for seven years, reports Fiona Ferguson and Sony...

Man who sexually abused his daughter jailed for seven years. www.echo.ie/man-who-sexu...