Category: Ballyfermot

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 ...

‘Hazardous conditions’ occur by the amount of dumping

‘Hazardous conditions’ occur by the amount of dumping

Ballyfermot

THE scale of dumping beside bottle bins and a clothes bank in Ballyfermot is creating “hazardous conditions” according to one local resident. ...

Masterplan for Liffey Gaels still on track for access links

Masterplan for Liffey Gaels still on track for access links

Ballyfermot

A MASTERPLAN for Liffey Gaels GAA Club has been looked at closely to establish access and connectivity links for future parks and ...

Learning Neighbourhood is testament to community

Learning Neighbourhood is testament to community

Ballyfermot

THE area of Dublin 10 is now officially recognised by UNESCO Dublin Learning City as a learning neighbourhood. The initiative was launched ...