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Category: Ballyfermot
‘Neighbourhoods will be given back to the people’
By Maurice Garvey NEIGHBOURHOOD Transport Schemes are to be considered in the Dublin South Central and South East administrative areas of Dublin City ...
Pensioner Stephen (88) still up to boxing clever
By Maurice Garvey A PENSIONER and former boxer is still hitting the mark, after a video of him going to work on a ...
State of the art €2m Skatepark to open by spring 2020
By Maurice Garvey IT IS not often that a community group brings an idea to their local authority and succeeds in securing a ...
‘Our heritage is not for sale’
By Maurice Garvey A CENTRAL building block at the former De La Salle National School could be classified as a Protected Structure, if ...
People’s day
By Aideen O'Flaherty OVER 2,000 people went to the inaugural People’s Day event in Le Fanu Park in Ballyfermot on Sunday, where attendees ...
Plans for 250 residential units at former boys home
By Aideen O'Flaherty THERE are plans for the development of a 250-unit residential development at lands at the former boys’ home in Ballyfermot ...
Tribute Garden recognises staff of emergency services
By Aideen O'Flaherty MEMBERS of the public are invited to come along to the opening of the Ballyfermot Tribute Garden, in recognition of ...
Residents to target litter black spots
By Hayden Moore A SMALL litter blackspot has become apparent at the entrance of Cherry Orchard and a community litter pick has been ...
‘Whatever I gave, I gained 10 times in return’ – Fr Joe
By Maurice Garvey THE Ballyfermot parish of St Matthew’s paid tribute this week to Fr Joe McDonald – the ‘big fella’ – who ...
Great War exhibition on display in library
AN exhibition celebrating the Irish humanitarian efforts during World War I, opened at Ballyfermot Library this week. Padraig Allen, from Cherry Orchard, ...