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Category: Ballyfermot
St James’s site granted planning permission for new children’s hospital
By Echo ReporterA site at St James's Hopital has been granted planning permission for the long-awaited National Children's Hospital, with work expected ...
Residents battle city council’s go-ahead for Kylemore plans
By Maurice GarveyRESIDENTS have lodged an objection with An Bord Pleanála over a decision by Dublin City Council to grant permission for ...
Remembering the 1916 women
By Maurice Garvey ST JOSEPH’S College in Lucan created a mural commemorating brave women involved in the Easter Rising, reports Maurice Garvey. ...
Role in Mount St battle inspired future in military
By Maurice Garvey THE role that a young man played in the Easter Rising seems to have inadvertently inspired a Ballyfermot family ...
Songs of praise for St Ultan’s Super Senior Strings after reaching Walton’s music final
By Maurice GarveyA FUNKY orchestra ensemble from St Ultan’s Primary School in Cherry Orchard, have qualified for a nationals schools music competition. ...
Ballyfermot residents visit modular homes in Ballymun
By Maurice GarveyRESIDENTS from Ballyfermot visited the pilot modular housing scheme in Ballymun this week – in an effort by Dublin City ...
Bereaved mother remembers her son with charity morning
By Laura LyneA MOTHER whose baby was stillborn at 38 weeks has been fundraising in memory of her son and in aid ...
Mother wins her appeal to reinstate special-needs son back into school
By Maurice GarveyA MOTHER has won an appeal to reinstate her special-needs son back into school after he was suspended last February ...
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By Echo ReporterAdvertising and Marketing Field Sales Executive required for The Echo Newspaper. We are looking for an outgoing, confident and friendly ...
Proposals for scrambler track at Cherry Orchard
By Maurice GarveyYOUNG people in Ballyfermot have spearheaded a drive which could see the installation of a dedicated scrambler and horse track ...