Category: Ballyfermot

Plainclothes Gardai seize scrambler

Plainclothes Gardai seize scrambler

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey A SCRAMBLER running amok in a Ballyfermot park was seized by gardai, reports Maurice Garvey. Gardai seized the bike in ...

Huge amount of work must be done on De La Salle site

Huge amount of work must be done on De La Salle site

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey WHAT becomes of the De La Salle land in Ballyfermot was to the fore at public meetings, and will remain ...

Future of schools up in the air

Future of schools up in the air

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey SHOCK in the community of Ballyfermot last week after confirmation that three secondary schools are considering proposals to amalgamate into ...

Concerns tenants terrorised by thugs

Concerns tenants terrorised by thugs

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey THE delay in finishing a social housing development in Cherry Orchard, has led to concerns that tenants are being “terrorised” ...

Over €72k awarded to aid local community groups

Over €72k awarded to aid local community groups

Ballyfermot

By Aideen O'Flaherty FUNDING of over €72,000 has been awarded to local community groups under the government’s Community Services Programme Support Fund, in ...

Pay from parking meters plummets by over €21k

Pay from parking meters plummets by over €21k

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey INCOME for pay and display parking meters in Ballyfermot has decreased by over half since 2012. Dublin City Council received ...

De La Salle past pupils to walk down ‘memory lane’

De La Salle past pupils to walk down ‘memory lane’

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey OVER 130 former pupils of De La Salle National School, are expected to attend a final walk down memory lane ...

Plans for cafe to be run by former addicts and prisoners

Plans for cafe to be run by former addicts and prisoners

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey PROPOSALS for a social enterprise café in Ballyfermot staffed by former addicts and prisoners who have been trained could include ...

Iconic Gala building back in business after five years

Iconic Gala building back in business after five years

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey  THE Gala building in Ballyfermot, which was vacant since 2014, has a new tenant after discount homeware stores chain ...

Key benefits of Return to Learning course was the sense of confidence

Key benefits of Return to Learning course was the sense of confidence

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey THE Return to Learning class of 2017-18 in Ballyfermot College of Further Education graduated in a ceremony held in the ...