Category: Ballyfermot

St Dominic’s school celebrate 60th anniversary in some style

St Dominic’s school celebrate 60th anniversary in some style

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey ST DOMINIC’S secondary school in Ballyfermot enjoyed a special 60th year anniversary celebration on Saturday night. Dominican sisters, members of ...

Ballyfermot man among three crewmen still missing off west coast

Ballyfermot man among three crewmen still missing off west coast

Ballyfermot

Ballyfermot man Paul Ormsby is among three crewmen missing since yesterday morning after the Irish Coast Guard helicopter they were travelling in ...

DFB tackle tow-truck fire in Ballyfermot

DFB tackle tow-truck fire in Ballyfermot

Ballyfermot

Two units from Dublin Fire Brigade have dealt with a tow-truck on fire in Ballyfermot this morning. The truck, which was carrying ...

High profile Iceland building put on market

High profile Iceland building put on market

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey A HIGH profile commercial site in Ballyfermot is on the market with the Iceland supermarket and overhead offices for sale ...

John was one of nature’s gentlemen

John was one of nature’s gentlemen

Ballyfermot

By Echo Reporter ONE of the most recognisable faces in Ballyfermot will be laid to rest this week. Gentle gent John Nolan, the ...

New café, with guaranteed footfall, to let for €32k p.a.

New café, with guaranteed footfall, to let for €32k p.a.

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey A CAFÉ is on the market to let at the former HSE site on Ballyfermot Road for €32,000 a year. ...

New Ballyfermot Naíonraí facility is for the whole community

New Ballyfermot Naíonraí facility is for the whole community

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey THE recent opening of a Naíonraí in Ballyfermot is the first such facility to operate in the area, and ...

On This Day in 1971: The Dublin Suburb of Ballyfermot

On This Day in 1971: The Dublin Suburb of Ballyfermot

Ballyfermot

The RTE Archives are quickly becoming one of our favourite resources, and with pieces like this, from Ballyfermot in 1971, it is ...

Waste land beside Labre Park proposed for a ‘horse project’

Waste land beside Labre Park proposed for a ‘horse project’

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey WASTE land beside Labre Park should be allocated for a Traveller horse project, according to People Before Profit councillor Hazel ...

Honouring the loss of their baby by raising €5,000 for a hospital cuddle cot

Honouring the loss of their baby by raising €5,000 for a hospital cuddle cot

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey ONE Ballyfermot family have honoured the tragic loss of their baby by raising €5,000 for a cuddle cot. Baby Gloria ...