Category: Ballyfermot

Cherry Orchard’s turnout at 45 per cent is poll record

Cherry Orchard’s turnout at 45 per cent is poll record

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyONE of the biggest stories for Dublin South Central was the increase of voter turnout in the traditional working class ...

Greengrocers is celebrating 50 years in business thanks to community support

Greengrocers is celebrating 50 years in business thanks to community support

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyONE of the first shops to begin trading in Ballyfermot and the only original still standing – K Doyle Greengrocers ...

Popular Emma in running for Spirit of Community Awards

Popular Emma in running for Spirit of Community Awards

Ballyfermot

Laura LyneA YOUTH volunteer from Walkinstown is set to go to the All-Ireland final of the 2016 Pramerica Spirit of Community awards, ...

Stolen cars cost thousands of euro in damage to park

Stolen cars cost thousands of euro in damage to park

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyTHE amount of stolen and burnt-out cars discarded in recent weeks at parks in Drimnagh and Crumlin, has taken Dublin ...

Budget bonanza hailed as being ‘democracy in action’

Budget bonanza hailed as being ‘democracy in action’

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyDUBLIN City Council expects to get working immediately on a €917,000 Budget surplus bonanza – which will benefit multiple projects ...

Pieta House is an important  service for the community

Pieta House is an important service for the community

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyA MEMORIAL service for a man who passed away ten years ago took place in the Ballyfermot Sports and Social ...

Tapestries and banners show the way in the Easter Rising commemorations

Tapestries and banners show the way in the Easter Rising commemorations

Ballyfermot

By Hayden MooreRESIDENTS are celebrating Easter Rising commem-orations with elegant artwork in communities across South Dublin County. Members of the Bungalow Community ...

Mother of two ‘at the end of her tether’ with council over dampness problem

Mother of two ‘at the end of her tether’ with council over dampness problem

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyA MOTHER is “at the end of her tether” due to dampness in her Bluebell home. Sinéad Byrne has lived ...

Community rallies to support boy who got school suspension

Community rallies to support boy who got school suspension

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyTHE Ballyfermot community have rallied to support a young Down’s syndrome boy who has been suspended from his special needs ...

Plans to change former HSE health centre to medical centre

Plans to change former HSE health centre to medical centre

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyPROPOSALS to change the use of the former health centre on Ballyfermot Road to a medical centre, have been lodged ...