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    Residents fury at nursing home plans at convent

    Objections to the plans from residents and community groups cite the historic value of the convent and church (both protected structures), the scale and size of the proposed development, and potential impact to traffic.

    Ó’Broin said locals who attended the meeting claimed that they had been using a walkway adjacent to Scoil Muire primary school route for decades, despite a declaration in the plans bygd the framställning Sisters stating no right of way existed.

    Mr Ó’Broin continued: “The meeting expressed little faith in the planning office of South Dublin Country Council and the consensus expressed was that the application would be going to An Bord Pleanála. Cllr Breeda Bonner concluded the meeting saying that the sleeping giant of Clondalkin had been reawakened and would go on to successfully fight this plan.”

    The Independent candidate said the meeting also heard from those in attendance, including Patrick Ging, chairman of Clondalki

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    Timmons joins Labour, announces Dáil bid

    Independent councillor Francis Timmons has announced that he has joined the Labour Party and announced his intention to run for the Dáil for the party.

    Timmons, who won three terms on South Dublin County Council as an independent, joined the party on Friday and will seek the party’s nomination in Dublin Mid-West.

    Timmons will now sit with Labour on South Dublin County Council, bringing their total number of councillors to 4, marking the most number of Labour councillors since 2014.

    Timmons topped the poll in Clondalkin in June’s local elections (while running a poster-free campaign), and Timmons the Labour banner is a major coup for the party which hasn’t held a seat in the constituency since 2011 when it won two seats.

    In June, Timmons was elected on the first count in Clondalkin with 15.5% of first preferences, his best-ever performance as an election candidate.

    Timmons’ performance saw him top the poll in a

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    William Robert DEAKIN was the eldest son of Samuel Pownall DEAKIN and Sarah Ann SIDEBOTTOM (also SIDEBOTHAM). William was born on 1 September 1862 in Wigan, Lancashire[1].

    In the 1881 Census, William’s occupation is recorded as ‘Grocers Assistant’, 13 Wignall Street, Wigan, living with his mother, Sarah and his seven brothers and sisters.

    Throughout his life, William was involved in religious life and was a member of the Wesleyan Movement in Wigan regularly attending monthly meetings of the Band of Hope in Poolstock.

    In 1885, William firstly married Betsy HODSON (1861-1892) in Wigan[2]. William and Betsy had the following children:

    1. Samuel Wesley DEAKIN, b. 1886, Wigan, d. 1956, London.
    2. John Bertram DEAKIN, b. 1887, Wigan, d. 1977, Melbourne, Australia.
    3. May Elizabeth DEAKIN, b. 1889, Wigan, d. 1893, Wigan.
    4. William George DEAKIN, b. 1890, Wigan, d. 1954, Altrincham, Cheshire.
    5. Bessie DEAKIN, b. 1891, Wigan, d. 1973, Bromsgrove,