Category: Ballyfermot

Local Faces: Dolores James

Local Faces: Dolores James

Ballyfermot

BALLYFERMOT is a Dublin suburb full of wonderful people, writes Ken Doyle. The unwarranted bad name it acquired over the years was ...

Film inspired by women Jimmy grew up with in Ballyfermot

Film inspired by women Jimmy grew up with in Ballyfermot

Ballyfermot

"The inspiration for the story came from the extraordinary women I grew up with in Ballyfermot whose resilience, intelligence and sense of ...

Palmerstown student steps forward as Youth Ambassador for Gaisce

Palmerstown student steps forward as Youth Ambassador for Gaisce

Ballyfermot

A PALMERSTOWN student will encourage young people to show their potential by joining the first Gaisce Youth Ambassador Panel. Caoilfhinn Young, from ...

Ballyfermot Buddies give hope to those with nowhere to turn

Ballyfermot Buddies give hope to those with nowhere to turn

Ballyfermot

TIMES have become increasingly tough in an age of inflation and rising costs, so much so that a local woman woke up ...

Vera (97), the founder of Strawberry Hall, will be remembered as an ‘original behind the counter’

Vera (97), the founder of Strawberry Hall, will be remembered as an ‘original behind the counter’

Ballyfermot

The 97-year-old founder of a beloved pub in Chapelizod will be remembered as an “original behind the counter.” Vera Cummins, from Strawberry ...

Concert celebrates inclusivity

Concert celebrates inclusivity

Ballyfermot

Over a hundred young people gathered in Ballyfermot to celebrate inclusivity and praise the re-election of a Traveller woman to the Seanad. ...

Tom was ‘one of those exceptional people’

Tom was ‘one of those exceptional people’

Ballyfermot

A MEMORIAL mass in Ballyfermot for Tom Hyland, saw a huge turnout as the former human rights campaigner was eulogised at Our ...

Caritas College set to become education and training centre

Caritas College set to become education and training centre

Ballyfermot

THE FORMER Caritas College secondary school in Ballyfermot is set to be utilised as an education and training centre for the National ...

Ninety years a-growing for St Agnes Church, with a Mass of Celebration and a blessing

Ninety years a-growing for St Agnes Church, with a Mass of Celebration and a blessing

Ballyfermot

ST AGNES Church in Crumlin celebrates its 90th anniversary this year and will be hosting a special Mass on February 2 – ...

Suspended sentence for a city council worker who used lorry to transport drugs

Suspended sentence for a city council worker who used lorry to transport drugs

Ballyfermot

A Dublin City Council worker who was caught transporting cannabis in his work vehicle has been given a suspended sentence, reports Sonya ...