Category: Ballyfermot

‘Driver didn’t speak English and was waving his hands’

‘Driver didn’t speak English and was waving his hands’

Ballyfermot

A DRUNK driver who had poor English and didn’t want to engage with gardai upon arrest, was fined and disqualified from driving ...

‘Keyboard warriors’ shame

‘Keyboard warriors’ shame

Ballyfermot

“There’s residents out there that were threatened on the night!” Antics in Drimnagh on Halloween have been slammed after bonfires wrecked local ...

Man (39) who struck off-duty garda in nightclub given suspended sentence

Man (39) who struck off-duty garda in nightclub given suspended sentence

Ballyfermot

A Dublin man who struck an off-duty garda in a Dublin nightclub has been given a suspended sentence, reports Claire Henry. Dublin ...

Man left scene of car crash where his friend lay dead

Man left scene of car crash where his friend lay dead

Ballyfermot

A man who crashed his car at speed into the back of an articulated lorry walked away from the scene where his ...

Gambling arcade destroys lives – it has to be stopped

Gambling arcade destroys lives – it has to be stopped

Ballyfermot

Members of the Ballyfermot public discussed coordinating a campaign against a planning application for a gambling arcade on Ballyfermot Road on Monday ...

‘Played a small part’ in scheme defrauding college of €500,000

‘Played a small part’ in scheme defrauding college of €500,000

Ballyfermot

A MAN who “played a small part” in a scheme to defraud the Trinity College Hardship Fund of over half a million ...

Mass to resume at church after fire at parish centre

Mass to resume at church after fire at parish centre

Ballyfermot

St Matthew’s Roman Catholic Church in Ballyfermot is expected to resume full evening mass services this week, over two weeks after a ...

Harry’s ‘Save a smile’

Harry’s ‘Save a smile’

Ballyfermot

A nine-year-old from Ballyfermot is the face of a new campaign from Children’s Health Foundation to remind people that some kids won’t ...

‘Headless chicken’ took part in Dublin riots jailed for two years

‘Headless chicken’ took part in Dublin riots jailed for two years

Ballyfermot

A man who took part in the Dublin riots – looting cigarettes from a Gala store and helping gather rubbish which was ...

‘Tall ask’ to get new library despite growing population in community

‘Tall ask’ to get new library despite growing population in community

Ballyfermot

Local residents have been told that it is a “tall ask” to get a new library in Chapelizod, despite concerns of a ...