Category: Ballyfermot

Driver has lucky escape as truck hits barriers and spills fuel at N7/Red Cow

Driver has lucky escape as truck hits barriers and spills fuel at N7/Red Cow

Ballyfermot

By Simon WalshIf you were stuck on the N7 or Red Cow this morning it was because a truck jack-knifed and crashed ...

Anam Cara hosting bereavement information evening

Anam Cara hosting bereavement information evening

Ballyfermot

By Mary DennehyANAM Cara is hosting a bereavement information evening for parents who have lost a son or a daughter in the ...

Pretty little bonny baby Susan wins Echo prize

Pretty little bonny baby Susan wins Echo prize

Ballyfermot

By Brendan GrehanAFTER MAKING it into the final ten, Susan Devitt was crowned The Echo’s Bonny Baby of 1982 at a reception ...

Pensioner has stroke  after house ‘destroyed’ while attending mass

Pensioner has stroke after house ‘destroyed’ while attending mass

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyAN ELDERLY lady who returned from Mass to find her house ransacked had a stroke and was hospitalised as a ...

Did you miss any of the biggest stories from last week’s Echo? Right this way…

Did you miss any of the biggest stories from last week’s Echo? Right this way…

Ballyfermot

By Simon WalshNews that a man had been arrested in relation to a vicious afternoon mugging on a senior citizen in Tallaght ...

Ballyfermot group launch Ninth  Lock microbrewery cooperative

Ballyfermot group launch Ninth Lock microbrewery cooperative

Ballyfermot

Maurice GarveySOCIAL enterprise network Sedco are working on a plan to develop a site for a local cooperative microbrewery. The Ballyfermot based ...

Burglars hiding in undergrowth while checking out potential houses near Colepark Drive

Burglars hiding in undergrowth while checking out potential houses near Colepark Drive

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyBURGLARS are finding easy access to homes on Colepark Drive due to overgrown land at Cornamona Court. At least two ...

Keep animals in a safe place this Halloween, warns DSPCA

Keep animals in a safe place this Halloween, warns DSPCA

Ballyfermot

By Brendan GrehanWITH HALLOWEEN on Saturday and the weeks preceding it, it can be a difficult time for pets and pet owners. ...

Marble Arch fails to sell at auction

Marble Arch fails to sell at auction

Ballyfermot

By Laura LyneTHE Bridge House pub in Crumlin sold for €320,000, while the landmark Marble Arch pub in Drimnagh failed to sell ...

Magnificent support at fundraising event for autism respite services

Magnificent support at fundraising event for autism respite services

Ballyfermot

UP TO €3,000 has been raised for Autism respite services after two fundraiser events were held in recent weeks. Last week, kids ...