Category: Ballyfermot

Partnership receives €1,000 gift voucher through efforts of Kylemore Karting

Partnership receives €1,000 gift voucher through efforts of Kylemore Karting

Ballyfermot

BALLYFERMOT Chapelizod Partnership received a donation of a gift voucher valued at €1,000 from Kylemore Karting, which will be used as a ...

St Dominic’s recognised as a 21st Century School of Distinction at US ceremony

St Dominic’s recognised as a 21st Century School of Distinction at US ceremony

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey  A BALLYFERMOT school were recognised as a ‘21st Century School of Distinction’ at a ceremony in the USA. St ...

Residents slow to phone about attacks on CCTV cameras in communities

Residents slow to phone about attacks on CCTV cameras in communities

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey  AT A recent policing meeting in Ballyfermot, gardai raised concerns that residents were unwilling to contact them with regard ...

New skatepark project to cost in excess of €1 million

New skatepark project to cost in excess of €1 million

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey  WORK on the new €1 million skatepark in Le Fanu Park is due to commence construction in January/February 2018. Dublin ...

Parents of brave Harry aim to put defibrillators in all schools

Parents of brave Harry aim to put defibrillators in all schools

Ballyfermot

By Brittany King PARENTS of a baby born with half a heart, are campaigning for defibrillators to be put in every school ...

St John Ambulance man nominated for Volunteer Ireland Awards

St John Ambulance man nominated for Volunteer Ireland Awards

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey  A LONG-serving member of St John Ambulance Ballyfermot Division, Michael Cardiff, has been nominated for the 2017 Volunteer Ireland ...

Drugs seizures top 33 mark in nine months

Drugs seizures top 33 mark in nine months

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey THERE have been 33 drug seizures in Ballyfermot in the first nine months of the year, according to the ...

Vandals set fire to base of CCTV

Vandals set fire to base of CCTV

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey Vandals attacked CCTV cameras in Cherry Orchard in the lead-up to Halloween – forcing Dublin Fire Brigade to respond ...

Ballyfermot man charged with two counts of rape

Ballyfermot man charged with two counts of rape

Ballyfermot

A BALLYFERMOT man charged with two rapes  has been sent forward for his trial at the Central Criminal Court. The 57-year-old  was ...

Ballyfermot man jailed for 10 years for the sexual abuse of his twin sisters

Ballyfermot man jailed for 10 years for the sexual abuse of his twin sisters

Ballyfermot

By Isabel Hayes & Declan Brennan A man who sexually abused his younger twin sisters over a six-year period when he was ...