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Category: Ballyfermot
Future of schools up in the air
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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
By Maurice Garvey THE Return to Learning class of 2017-18 in Ballyfermot College of Further Education graduated in a ceremony held in the ...
SVP volunteers brace themselves for 2019
By Aideen O'Flaherty ST Vincent de Paul (SVP) volunteers are bracing themselves for a busy year ahead, after a “hugely busy” Christmas season ...
Assaulted man critical but stable
By Brendan Grehan A Ballyfermot man is in a critical but stable condition after he was assaulted in Lucan last Friday. Kean ...