Category: Ballyfermot

How to build a Men’s Shed

How to build a Men’s Shed

Ballyfermot

By Mary DennehyTALLAGHT was the location this week for the national launch of a new handbook which aims to support, nurture and ...

Blackburn on the podium in Formula Vee opener

Blackburn on the podium in Formula Vee opener

Ballyfermot

By Stephen LeonardCOLM Blackburn made a promising start to the E Fox Engineers National Formula Vee Champion-ship last weekend, reaching the podium ...

Need a taxi ? Don’t expect one if you use a wheelchair

Need a taxi ? Don’t expect one if you use a wheelchair

Ballyfermot

By Laura LyneA TALLAGHT couple highlighted the struggle they face in finding a wheelchair-accessible taxi, in the same week as a grant ...

Makeover for former health centre to include coffee shop and funeral home

Makeover for former health centre to include coffee shop and funeral home

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyDUBLIN City Council has granted permission for a mixed-use development at the former health centre on Ballyfermot Road. Last October, ...

Charity’s fundings boost to help with horse health checks

Charity’s fundings boost to help with horse health checks

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyMY LOVELY Horse Rescue are preparing to roll out free gelding and health checks for horses, exclusively in Ballyfermot, Tallaght ...

Councillor calls for records to be put in public domain

Councillor calls for records to be put in public domain

Ballyfermot

By Brendan Grehan LUCAN-BASED Councillor Liona O’Toole has been doing some research into her family history. Her great-grandfather, Thomas Breslin and his ...

Courageous women of 1916 Rising and War of Independence

Courageous women of 1916 Rising and War of Independence

Ballyfermot

By Brendan Grehan A TALLAGHT family has celebrated their antecedents’ roles in the Easter Rising, the War of Independence and beyond. Trish ...

Women of 1916 celebrated in song, dance and poetry

Women of 1916 celebrated in song, dance and poetry

Ballyfermot

By Mary Dennehy THE women of 1916 are being remembered and celebrated through song, dance and poetry on April 18, when the ...

Golden tresses of young girl raise over €840 for charity

Golden tresses of young girl raise over €840 for charity

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyA YOUNG schoolgirl from Ballyfermot went to extreme lengths to help those in need – cutting 18 inches off her ...

Kidney failure turned Janice’s life upside down

Kidney failure turned Janice’s life upside down

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyA YOUNG woman’s life was turned “upside down” 15 months ago, when out of the blue, she became ill and ...