Category: Ballyfermot

Schools across county commemorate Proclamation Day for new generation

Schools across county commemorate Proclamation Day for new generation

Ballyfermot

By Laura LyneSCHOOLS across the county took part in the national school’s Proclamation Day this Tuesday to commemorate the Easter Rising and ...

No ambulance available for teenage girl having seizure

No ambulance available for teenage girl having seizure

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyA YOUNG teenage girl who suffered a seizure, was waiting over three hours for an ambulance to transfer her from ...

Crumlin shopping centre faces bleak future with the ending of Tesco lease

Crumlin shopping centre faces bleak future with the ending of Tesco lease

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyCRUMLIN Shopping Centre – once a bustling hub of commercial activity – will become even more sparse when Tescos finish ...

Club plays its part with Pearse connection

Club plays its part with Pearse connection

Ballyfermot

By Laura Lyne BALLYBODEN St Enda’s recently held the launch of its 1916 centenary programme, with the first of a number of ...

Art exhibition shows community’s strong links with the Rising

Art exhibition shows community’s strong links with the Rising

Ballyfermot

By Mary Dennehy STRONG links with the Easter Rising in the community are epitomised by an art exhibition currently on display at ...

Marking great-grandfather’s place in the 1916 Rebellion

Marking great-grandfather’s place in the 1916 Rebellion

Ballyfermot

By Mary Dennehy AN IRISH Volunteer, who served under Commandant Michael Mallin and Countess Markievicz during Easter week 1916, has been commemorated ...

Widows support group CARE celebrates one-year anniversary

Widows support group CARE celebrates one-year anniversary

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyA WIDOWS support group which was established by women in Ballyfermot, celebrated their one-year anniversary. Widows CARE was founded by ...

Dumpers labelled as ‘scumbags’

Dumpers labelled as ‘scumbags’

Ballyfermot

By Echo ReporterLANEWAYS in Palmerstown have been hit by another dose of heavy-duty dumping this week – this time number of couches ...

Ireland’s Big Issue hits the 200th milestone mark

Ireland’s Big Issue hits the 200th milestone mark

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyCLONDALKIN man Sean Kavanagh – publisher and editor of Ireland’s Big Issue – celebrated 200 editions of the publication this ...

Appeal to candidates for cable-tie eyesores removal

Appeal to candidates for cable-tie eyesores removal

Ballyfermot

By Laura LyneAS THE dust settles on the 2016 General Election and the new Dáil deputies enter into negotiations to form a ...