Category: Ballyfermot

Youth service head to Poland for a week  full of adventure

Youth service head to Poland for a week full of adventure

Ballyfermot

Twelve young people representing Ballyfermot Youth Service went to Poland on Saturday, February 15, to meet up with Polish and Spanish youth ...

Sibling gymnasts turn on the style in competitions

Sibling gymnasts turn on the style in competitions

Ballyfermot

Three sibling gymnasts stood out at national and international competitions while keeping parents on the road “seven days a week.” James (17) ...

Gambler jailed for conning vulnerable man

Gambler jailed for conning vulnerable man

Ballyfermot

A 45-year-old gambler has been jailed for conning a vulnerable man out of most of his life savings by promising him a ...

New chapter as work starts on learning network campus

New chapter as work starts on learning network campus

Ballyfermot

A significant milestone was marked on Friday, February 14 as construction work commenced at the site of a new National Learning Network ...

‘Informal’ courier’ caught with a bag containing €140,000 in cash is jailed

‘Informal’ courier’ caught with a bag containing €140,000 in cash is jailed

Ballyfermot

An “informal” courier who was caught with a bag containing €140,000 in cash has been jailed for 33 months, reports Isabel Hayes. ...

HIQA inspection on IPAS Centre found one staff member had no garda vetting

HIQA inspection on IPAS Centre found one staff member had no garda vetting

Ballyfermot

A HIQA inspection on an IPAS (International Protection Accommodation Service) centre in Inchicore found no garda vetting for one staff member and ...

Man stole handbag from woman (78) containing €2

Man stole handbag from woman (78) containing €2

Ballyfermot

A man who stole a handbag which contained €2 from a 78-year-old woman has been sentenced to 15 months in prison, writes ...

Screening of the Miracle Club very ‘poignant’

Screening of the Miracle Club very ‘poignant’

Ballyfermot

"The screening went very well and was poignant, as some of the neighbours from Ballyfermot attended," states Ballyfermot-born actor and screenwriter Jimmy ...

‘Concerning’ lack of urgency for domestic violence register

‘Concerning’ lack of urgency for domestic violence register

Ballyfermot

THE lack of urgency in creating a domestic violence register is “deeply concerning” according to Ballyfermot Cllr Hazel De Nortúin (PBP). The ...

Former manager of Daughters of Charity is jailed for sexually abusing his nephew

Former manager of Daughters of Charity is jailed for sexually abusing his nephew

Ballyfermot

A former manager of a Daughters of Charity family centre in Dublin has been jailed for four years for sexually abusing his ...