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Category: Ballyfermot
How to build a Men’s Shed
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
By Maurice GarveyA YOUNG woman’s life was turned “upside down” 15 months ago, when out of the blue, she became ill and ...