Category: Ballyfermot

Ruby (9) has her dancing shoes on becoming national champion

Ruby (9) has her dancing shoes on becoming national champion

Ballyfermot

A NINE-year-old girl from Ballyfermot made her family proud as she became the Under 9 champion at the national Irish dance championships. ...

Former pitch and putt grounds fallen to drug use and dealing

Former pitch and putt grounds fallen to drug use and dealing

Ballyfermot

A FORMER pitch and putt grounds in Drimnagh that has fallen foul to drug dealing, is potentially going to be redeveloped to ...

Ruairi and friends will benefit from new suite

Ruairi and friends will benefit from new suite

Ballyfermot

To mark the end of Childhood Cancer Awareness Month in September, Children's Health Ireland announced the opening of a new Intrathecal Procedure ...

Nursing home staff awarded for their longstanding service

Nursing home staff awarded for their longstanding service

Ballyfermot

Staff members at a nursing home recalled their best memories as they received an award for their longstanding service. Michelle Cramp Abraham, ...

School collects equivalent of 22,100 AA batteries to win national recycling title

School collects equivalent of 22,100 AA batteries to win national recycling title

Ballyfermot

PALMERSTOWN school St Lorcan’s BNS collected the equivalent of 22,100 AA batteries, winning the national title of Battery Recycling Champions. Over 80 ...

Civil Defence Headquarters opens in Cherry Orchard

Civil Defence Headquarters opens in Cherry Orchard

Ballyfermot

THE new Headquarters for Dublin Civil Defence in Cherry Orchard was officially opened by Tánaiste and Minister for Defence, Micheál Martin T.D. ...

Plans to remove Ballyfermot roundabout proving a ‘stickler’

Plans to remove Ballyfermot roundabout proving a ‘stickler’

Ballyfermot

“I’ll be there. We’re hoping for a good turnout, we did a lot of leaflet drops around the houses.” So says Sean ...

Majority would prefer to buy than rent their home

Majority would prefer to buy than rent their home

Ballyfermot

RESEARCH of people interested in an affordable housing scheme in Cherry Orchard found that the vast majority of respondents (83 per cent) ...

Cynical use of funding

Cynical use of funding

Ballyfermot

STATE funding has pitted drug task forces against each other, according to Ballyfermot Cllr Daithí Doolan (SF). Doolan, a member of the ...

Former youth centre handed over to Respond

Former youth centre handed over to Respond

Ballyfermot

A FORMER youth centre building in Ballyfermot, not in use for 20 years, has been handed over to housing body Respond by ...