Category: Ballyfermot

Funding for project made available for ‘progressive and resourceful’ college

Funding for project made available for ‘progressive and resourceful’ college

Ballyfermot

Funding for a project at Ballyfermot College of Further Education (BCFE) was announced on Tuesday by Simon Harris TD, Minister for Further ...

Traffic chaos following dropped tank of diesel

Traffic chaos following dropped tank of diesel

Ballyfermot

TRAFFIC chaos ensued last Friday in Palmerstown after a truck dropped its tank of diesel, despite restrictions in place to prevent 7.5 ...

Airline cash refusal leaves pensioner to sleep on streets

Airline cash refusal leaves pensioner to sleep on streets

Ballyfermot

A PENSIONER was forced to sleep on the street in Spain and miss surgery, after the airline refused to accept cash for ...

Master vision for 200 year  old historic Kilmainham Mill

Master vision for 200 year old historic Kilmainham Mill

Ballyfermot

KILMAINHAM Mill is being prepared by Dublin City Council for a “master vision” that will determine the long-term use of the 200-year-old ...

80-year-old to abseil off Croke Park for Look Good Feel Better Cancer Charity

80-year-old to abseil off Croke Park for Look Good Feel Better Cancer Charity

Ballyfermot

A DAREDEVIL 80-year-old grandfather is abseiling off the roof of Croke Park to raise funds for a charity which supports women receiving ...

Couple mark 60th wedding anniversary with vow renewal ceremony at care centre

Couple mark 60th wedding anniversary with vow renewal ceremony at care centre

Ballyfermot

BRID and Vincent Kelly, a couple who navigate life with dementia, marked their 60th wedding anniversary with a special vow renewal ceremony ...

Ireland’s oldest person ‘lived all of her 109 years to the fullest’

Ireland’s oldest person ‘lived all of her 109 years to the fullest’

Ballyfermot

THE funeral of Ireland’s oldest person, Máirín Hughes, who “lived all of her 109 years to the fullest”, took place in the ...

New proposed garda rosters will have serious negative implication for policing in community

New proposed garda rosters will have serious negative implication for policing in community

Ballyfermot

The new proposed Garda rosters will have serious negative implications for policing in Dublin. The new roster of 5 shifts a day ...

Proposal to add four additional apartments to Hollybrook House refused permission

Proposal to add four additional apartments to Hollybrook House refused permission

Ballyfermot

A PROPOSAL to add an additional four apartments to a small development on the Naas Road has been refused permission by Dublin ...

Local Faces: David Carter

Local Faces: David Carter

Ballyfermot

RICHMOND Park, the home ground of Inchicore’s finest, St Patrick’s Athletic, has a rich and storied history. First used as a recreational ...