Monday, September 24, 2012 12:00

A FUN-FILLED ‘Big Day Out’ marked the recent renaming of Stillorgan Shopping Centre to Stillorgan Village, and a new beginning for the historic retail hotspot. Treasury Holdings, owners of freshly branded Stillorgan Village, hosted the family fun day on Saturday, September 15, which saw shoppers enjoy kart rides, carousels, bouncing castles, race cars, face painting and balloon modelling. More...

Monday, September 17, 2012 12:00

TWO Northside wheelchair users are furious with Irish Rail after they were unable to provide ramps for them to board trains.Tony Lawless and Brendan Crean, from Kilbarrack, have on at least six occasions been unable to travel by DART because there has been no rail staff available to lay down ramps for them to board the train. More...

Monday, September 17, 2012 12:00

A YOUNG Northside family was reduced to tears when they were presented with a cheque for €10,000 from ‘Secret Millionaire’ Jim Breen during a TV show aired last week. The Norris family from Finglas was visited by Breen after he spotted the story about teenage siblings Sam and Amanda receiving a Young Carers of the Year award in Northside People. More...

Monday, September 17, 2012 12:00

THE family and friends of a brave Northside teen who died from cancer in 2010 have surpassed all their expectations by raising €200,000 to buy equipment for the oncology ward at Beaumont Hospital. Ross Nugent, from Malahide, was just 18-years-of-age when he lost his battle with the bone disease Ewing’s Sarcoma two years ago. More...

Monday, September 17, 2012 12:00

A NINETY-YEAR-OLD widow has told how she would be confined to her home if her free travel pass were taken from her as part of possible cuts to the Free Travel Scheme. Peggy McCarthy travels by bus each day from her home on Collins Avenue, Whitehall. More...