Category: Ballyfermot

Thirty years of great football tournaments

Thirty years of great football tournaments

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey A BALLYFERMOT man has launched a book covering a fascinating 30-year period of local football tournaments. Paul O’Brien, a ...

Dealz gets green light for new store in Gala building

Dealz gets green light for new store in Gala building

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey DUBLIN City Council has granted planning permission for a Dealz store at the Gala building on Ballyfermot Road. Receivers Tom Kavanagh, applied ...

Heavy traffic delays across Ballyfermot and Lucan this morning

Heavy traffic delays across Ballyfermot and Lucan this morning

Ballyfermot

There are serious traffic delays across Dublin this morning due to road traffic accidents, heavy rain and rush hour traffic. In Ballyfermot ...

Thorntons instal air curtains­ to help eliminate waste odours

Thorntons instal air curtains­ to help eliminate waste odours

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey THORNTONS have installed an air curtain at its Killeen Road recycling facility this week on foot of instructions by the ...

Joyriders’ crash into pole left over 2,500 residents without electricity

Joyriders’ crash into pole left over 2,500 residents without electricity

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey JOYRIDERS crashed into an electricity pole this week, causing over 2,500 residents to suffer a power shortage late at night. ...

‘For the love of the game’ chronicles history of small-sided football in Ireland

‘For the love of the game’ chronicles history of small-sided football in Ireland

Ballyfermot

Football fans can get their hands on a book chronicling a fascinating history of small-sided football in Ireland when ‘For the Love ...

Sharp decrease in number of burglaries in Ballyfermot

Sharp decrease in number of burglaries in Ballyfermot

Ballyfermot

BURGLARIES have significantly decreased in Ballyfermot, according to the latest statistics from the recent Joint Policing Meeting. There were 87 burglaries reported ...

Work begins on new €700,000 all-weather soccer pitch in Brickfield Park

Work begins on new €700,000 all-weather soccer pitch in Brickfield Park

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey WORK has commenced on the new €700,000 all-weather soccer pitch in Brickfield Park, Drimnagh. Sinn Féin councillor Ray McHugh welcomed ...

Gardai seize 530 cars so far in Ballyfermot this year

Gardai seize 530 cars so far in Ballyfermot this year

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey DESPITE gardai removing over 530 cars in Ballyfermot this year, authorities are concerned at the high level of cheap bangers ...

Authorities in Ballyfermot welcome largely peaceful Halloween

Authorities in Ballyfermot welcome largely peaceful Halloween

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey AUTHORITIES have welcomed Halloween passing off in Ballyfermot without any major incidents. Bar the inevitable pockets of bonfires and illegal ...