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Category: Ballyfermot
Sulky drive helps raise funds for mental health services
By Maurice Garvey A SULKY and horse-cart drive was organised on Sunday in an effort to raise funds for mental health services ...
Teen patients use cannabis as the substance of choice
By Maurice Garvey CANNABIS was the primary substance of use by teen patients, according to the latest annual report by the HSE Adolescent ...
Residents help to lighten the darkness in their area
By Maurice Garvey WHERE once a dark cloud hovered over Ballyfermot due to suicides and lack of mental health services, chinks of light ...
Life-saving defibrillator presented to football club
By Maurice Garvey THE Ciarán Carr Foundation presented a defibrillator to Cherry Orchard FC last Monday. Phillip Carr and his wife Gemma, linked ...
GAA coach is one of five nominated for ‘inspirational’ votes
By Maurice Garvey A DRIMNAGH GAA coach is in contention to win some cash for his club, following a nomination process in the ...
Park ‘well-being’event will help stop tragedies
By Maurice Garvey MOMENTUM is building for a significant well-being event on September 8 in Ballyfermot – spearheaded by local residents fighting the ...
New skate park could be BMX club location
By Maurice Garvey THE new €1.6 million skate park and playground in Ballyfermot could see a BMX club located there, with training provided by ...
Forgotten non-combatants of World War One remembered
IRISH soldiers in World War One don’t always get the recognition they deserve. However, spare a thought for the “almost forgotten” non-combatants ...
Energy efficiency upgrade to save €129,000 per year
By Maurice Garvey BALLYFERMOT Sports and Fitness Centre and Bluebell Community and Resource Centre, are among seven Dublin City Council’s sports centres scheduled ...
Couple used forged papers to try to obtain mortgage
By Sean McCarthaigh A Dublin couple, who used forged documents to apply for a mortgage because they believed they would never qualify otherwise ...