Category: Ballyfermot

Life-saving defibrillator presented to football club

Life-saving defibrillator presented to football club

Ballyfermot

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

GAA coach is one of five nominated for ‘inspirational’ votes

Ballyfermot

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

Park ‘well-being’event will help stop tragedies

Ballyfermot

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

New skate park could be BMX club location

Ballyfermot

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

Forgotten non-combatants of World War One remembered

Ballyfermot

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

Energy efficiency upgrade to save €129,000 per year

Ballyfermot

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

Couple used forged papers to try to obtain mortgage

Ballyfermot

By Sean McCarthaigh A Dublin couple, who used forged documents to apply for a mortgage because they believed they would never qualify otherwise ...

Great response from the public for Relay For Life

Great response from the public for Relay For Life

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey MONTHS of planning paid off once again for the annual Relay For Life Ballyfermot in Le Fanu Park – ...

Sod-turning event to take place for new €1.6m Play, Skate and BMX park

Sod-turning event to take place for new €1.6m Play, Skate and BMX park

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey A SOD-turning of the new € 1.6m skate park and playground in Ballyfermot is set to take place on ...

Car burnt out again – Liffey Gaels’ pitch ‘in absolute bits from burns’

Car burnt out again – Liffey Gaels’ pitch ‘in absolute bits from burns’

Ballyfermot

ANOTHER car was burnt out on Liffey Gaels’ pitch – just two weeks after the pitch was repaired following a similar incident ...