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Category: Ballyfermot
Pieta House launches the eighth year of Darkness into Light
By Echo ReporterA LARGE crowd gathered in The Pearse Institute (The Ireland Institute), as Pieta House launched Dublin’s Darkness Into Light 2016 ...
Animation students dominate at Smedias
By Maurice GarveyBALLYFERMOT College of Further Education animation students dominated the Best Shorts category at the Smedias. The college congratulated animation student ...
Derelict site tax should be levied on former Gala cinema building ‘to move redevelopment forward’
By Maurice GarveyIT HAS been over two years since the Gala building in Ballyfermot went into receivership and with no sign of ...
Gluais youth leadership programme changed the lives of many students
By Maurice GarveySTUDENTS from Ballyfermot, Clondalkin and Lucan recently graduated from a Gluais youth leadership programme. The 2016 Gluais graduation ceremony took ...
Bus corridor study puts €2m project on hold
By Maurice GarveyPLANS for a €2 million works project on Walkinstown roundabout are on hold – after the National Transport Authority (NTA) ...
Boden Theatre recalls 1916 with drama, poetry and song
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
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
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
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
By Laura LyneA NUMBER of local properties are being offered for auction at this month's Allsop Auction, which will take place in ...