Category: Ballyfermot

Dancers sweep to All-Ireland victory

Dancers sweep to All-Ireland victory

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey BALLYFERMOT Irish dancers picked up awards at the recent Cumann Rínce Deamheasa All-Ireland Championships in Killarney (June 23-26). The O’Rourke/Hopkins ...

More civilian staff needed in garda stations, says Cllr

More civilian staff needed in garda stations, says Cllr

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey ADDITIONAL civilian staff at garda stations are required to free up time for gardaí to fight crime, according to Sinn ...

Council moves to curb alcohol advertising after WHO declaration

Council moves to curb alcohol advertising after WHO declaration

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey ON MONDAY night (July 25), Dublin City Council passed a motion that will curtail alcohol industry activities in the area ...

School allotment harvest destroyed by vandals

School allotment harvest destroyed by vandals

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey VANDALS destroyed a school allotment on Monday night – a senseless act which will leave young kids devastated when they ...

Labre Park go-ahead welcomed by B’fermot Travellers Action Project

Labre Park go-ahead welcomed by B’fermot Travellers Action Project

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey THE long-awaited development of Labre Park has been approved by Dublin City Council – a move welcomed by the community, ...

Neglected and starving goat found wandering in Ballyfermot

Neglected and starving goat found wandering in Ballyfermot

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey A GOAT with only one horn and a malnourished body was found in Ballyfermot this week, but thanks to actions ...

Council lauded for action on joyriders

Council lauded for action on joyriders

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey DUBLIN City Council have been praised for quick action taken to protect a house vulnerable to damage from joyriders. A ...

Mother gets green light for son’s enrolment in De La Salle school

Mother gets green light for son’s enrolment in De La Salle school

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey A PARENT in Ballyfermot has hailed a successful decision to overturn a ban which prevented her son enrolling for second ...

New works at The Bungalow will allow wheelchair access

New works at The Bungalow will allow wheelchair access

Ballyfermot

By Laura Lyne FOR the past 26 years, The Bungalow in Cherry Orchard has provided the people of Ballyfermot the opportunity to meet ...

Increase of vandalism in housing estate unacceptable

Increase of vandalism in housing estate unacceptable

Ballyfermot

By Laura Lyne CALLS to stop a growing outbreak of vandalism in the Cherry Orchard-Croftwood area have been made, after a vacant ...