Category: Ballyfermot

Pharmacy is celebrating 20 years serving the community

Pharmacy is celebrating 20 years serving the community

Ballyfermot

BRENNAN’S Pharmacy in Ballyfermot is celebrating its 20-year anniversary under the stewardship of pharmacist Keith Brennan. The community pharmacy, based in Grange ...

GAA club members to run 300km to raise funds for support group

GAA club members to run 300km to raise funds for support group

Ballyfermot

MEMBERS of a GAA club are preparing for a 300km run to raise funds for a local support group for kids with ...

Support Relay for Life appeal

Support Relay for Life appeal

Ballyfermot

A YOUNG mother from Ballyfermot who survived childhood leukaemia is calling on the Dublin community to get involved in Relay For Life ...

Local Faces: Brian Smith

Local Faces: Brian Smith

Ballyfermot

No doubt many of our readers will be familiar with Ballyfermot-based trad and ballad powerhouses, The Beermats, writes Ken Doyle. Formed in ...

Bittersweet 40th birthday for Chris with his dad gone

Bittersweet 40th birthday for Chris with his dad gone

Ballyfermot

IT WILL be a bittersweet 40th birthday for Ballyfermot man Chris Gilmartin this year. Last June, his father James (66) lost his ...

Drimnagh Cardinal plays a key role in the papal election

Drimnagh Cardinal plays a key role in the papal election

Ballyfermot

DRIMNAGH Cardinal Kevin Farrell has played a central role following the death of Pope Francis. In 2019, Pope Francis named Cardinal Farrell ...

Local Faces: Rory McClelland

Local Faces: Rory McClelland

Ballyfermot

Rory McClelland cuts quite a dash as he walks around the Ballyfermot suburb he calls home, writes Ken Doyle. On any given ...

Irish Blue Cross celebrates 80 years of caring for our pets

Irish Blue Cross celebrates 80 years of caring for our pets

Ballyfermot

The Irish Blue Cross recently marked 80 years of providing affordable and compassionate veterinary care to pets in need. The celebration took ...

‘Being active has always been part of who I am’

‘Being active has always been part of who I am’

Ballyfermot

Dublin camogie player and May 50K ambassador Emma O’Byrne is encouraging as many people as possible of all abilities and ages to ...

Area still has no doctor’s surgery

Area still has no doctor’s surgery

Ballyfermot

BLUEBELL is an area which will be experiencing massive residential development but the area still has no doctor’s surgery, among other essential ...