Category: Ballyfermot

Boden Theatre recalls 1916 with drama, poetry and song

Boden Theatre recalls 1916 with drama, poetry and song

Ballyfermot

By Brendan Grehan BODEN THEATRE Group have been hard at work over the long winter nights in rehearsal for their new production ...

Youngsters remember their rebel great-grandmother

Youngsters remember their rebel great-grandmother

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey TWO youngsters from Ballyfermot raised a proclamation flag for their school on March 16, but also to honour the life ...

Entertainer shares her strong family links with the Easter Rising events

Entertainer shares her strong family links with the Easter Rising events

Ballyfermot

By Laura Lyne LOCAL ties to the 1916 Easter Rising continued to be unveiled following the national centenary events, with one well-known ...

Five local shops robbed in one hour

Five local shops robbed in one hour

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyANOTHER armed robbery spree – this time in Ballyfermot and Palmerstown – has left businesses calling for stiffer sentences for ...

Industrial and residential units under offer at Allsop auction

Industrial and residential units under offer at Allsop auction

Ballyfermot

By Laura LyneA NUMBER of local properties are being offered for auction at this month's Allsop Auction, which will take place in ...

Two men still being questioned over explosives find on Naas Road

Two men still being questioned over explosives find on Naas Road

Ballyfermot

By Echo ReporterGardai are continuing to question two men this morning after they stopped a car on Wednesday night at the junction ...

New GPO visitor centre brings our history to life through technology

New GPO visitor centre brings our history to life through technology

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyFORMER Taoiseach Liam Cosgrave came face-to-face with a larger than life-size image of his late father W.T. Cosgrave, during the ...

Young innovators Speak Out

Young innovators Speak Out

Ballyfermot

By Laura LyneNINE local schools took part in the Young Social Innovators Speak Out event in UCD on Tuesday, as part of ...

Baby home survivors engage in Dáil protest

Baby home survivors engage in Dáil protest

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyMOTHER and Baby Home survivors from South Dublin County were among those who engaged in a peaceful protest outside Dáil ...

Tributes pour in for Harriers’ President

Tributes pour in for Harriers’ President

Ballyfermot

By Echo ReporterTRIBUTES have poured in for Donore Harriers’ longest serving member and former president Tommy Hayward (95), who passed away on ...