stone's throw

There is shock here that a member of this community has been shot and killed at a home on a very ordinary street, just a stone's throw away from Talbot Green's popular out-of-town retail park.

Black Sabbath formed in 1968, and held their first rehearsal at Newtown Community Centre, a stone's throw from Villa Park.

Across Ridge Route Road, where a string of apartment buildings stood a stone’s throw from the flames, residents watched the spectacle like fans at a sporting event — phones held aloft, sharing the shocking images with friends and family via livestreaming video.

“I used to say all the time, ‘Boy, I know one thing that will never happen is our place will burn down,’” said Peggy Holter, who in 1978 purchased a townhouse in Palisades Highlands, just a stone’s throw from the reservoir.

But first he will take a few weeks to get his feet under the table, aided by his Sandymount home being a stone's throw from Lions headquarters in Ballsbridge, and says he will not rush to make the big calls.