Category: Ballyfermot

Green flags all around after award for woodlands project

Green flags all around after award for woodlands project

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey ST RAPHAEL’S primary school in Ballyfermot received their fifth international green flag recently from An Taisce at the Helix, ...

Church heritage destroyed by the actions of vandals

Church heritage destroyed by the actions of vandals

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey VANDALS are “rapidly destroying” the last remaining artefacts of Palmerstown’s original church and graveyard at Mill Lane. The South ...

St Pat’s raises over €7,000 to help Children’s Heart Centre

St Pat’s raises over €7,000 to help Children’s Heart Centre

Ballyfermot

By Echo Reporter The Children’s Heart Centre were the grateful recipients of money fund-raised by St Patrick’s, Palmerstown. The funds, with a ...

Parents concerned about plans to merge fifth and sixth classes

Parents concerned about plans to merge fifth and sixth classes

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey PARENTS have expressed concerns over plans by a Ballyfermot school to merge fifth and sixth classes together from September, ...

Web developer gives other start-ups an ‘honest rate’ to give them a chance

Web developer gives other start-ups an ‘honest rate’ to give them a chance

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey A MOBILE web services developer believes in helping other start-ups with an “honest rate” to “give them a chance.” ...

Mass for families and those who died through addiction

Mass for families and those who died through addiction

Ballyfermot

By Echo Reporter ADDICTION Response Crumlin (ARC) are hosting a memorial Mass for people who died through addiction and for families left ...

Ballyfermot parents fearful over future of local schools

Ballyfermot parents fearful over future of local schools

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey PARENTS in Ballyfermot have raised concerns for the future of schools on the Dominican campus, after discovering an enrolment ...

Temporary unit plans at Cherry Orchard hospital

Temporary unit plans at Cherry Orchard hospital

Ballyfermot

By Echo Reporter THE HSE have applied to Dublin City Council for permission to provide temporary accommodation units in Cherry Orchard Hospital ...

Start-up company requires €80k to develop initiative

Start-up company requires €80k to develop initiative

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey BALLYFERMOT based tech start-up Thriftify, are seeking €80,000 to develop the initiative - a web-based platform which helps charities ...

Music teacher retires after 35 years with Kylemore College

Music teacher retires after 35 years with Kylemore College

Ballyfermot

By Echo Reporter KYLEMORE College’s rise to musical prominence was celebrated during a retirement gig by the school’s jazz ensemble on Sunday ...