Category: Ballyfermot

Last group of students to pass through historic De La Salle

Last group of students to pass through historic De La Salle

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey  THIS bittersweet image depicts a special group of boys who represent the last bunch of students to pass through ...

Tributes pour in for Gerry, the ‘ambassador’ of Ballyfermot

Tributes pour in for Gerry, the ‘ambassador’ of Ballyfermot

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey TRIBUTES have poured in for the ‘Ambassador’ of Ballyfermot, Gerry Royal, who died on September 12, just six weeks after ...

Youth service celebrates 30 years of helping community

Youth service celebrates 30 years of helping community

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey THIRTY years ago, a group of concerned residents from various parts of Ballyfermot and Cherry Orchard came together to campaign ...

Ice cream man found with a knuckleduster for ‘protection’

Ice cream man found with a knuckleduster for ‘protection’

Ballyfermot

By Brendan Grehan AN ICE cream man who had a knuckleduster, a claw hammer and a baseball bat for “his own protection” received ...

Dog show is huge success in Ballyfermot

Dog show is huge success in Ballyfermot

Ballyfermot

The inaugural Ballyfermot Dog Show took place in the Ballyfermot Community Civic Centre Park. The event, organised by Dublin City Council’s Ballyfermot ...

Learning the symptoms of mental health problems

Learning the symptoms of mental health problems

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey UP TO 16 people from local primary schools, Tusla, Barnardos and Ballyfermot Chapelizod Partnership recently trained to become mental health ...

Work to start on elderly complex

Work to start on elderly complex

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey LONG overdue refurbishment of an elderly residents housing complex in Inchicore is due to begin in October, reports Maurice Garvey. ...

Businesses equipped with life-saving defibrillators

Businesses equipped with life-saving defibrillators

Ballyfermot

EACH major shopping area of Ballyfermot Road now has life saving equipment to hand nearby after the installation of a defibrillator at ...

Parents to discuss experience with family support services in the area

Parents to discuss experience with family support services in the area

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey PARENTS from Ballyfermot, Clondalkin and Inchicore will discuss their experience with family support services in the area through a radio ...

Minister under fire for ‘misleading the public’

Minister under fire for ‘misleading the public’

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey MINISTER for State Catherine Byrne has come under fire for “misleading the public” over proposals for redevelopment at the former ...