Category: Ballyfermot

New Pocket Forest and garden opens at The Bungalow

New Pocket Forest and garden opens at The Bungalow

Ballyfermot

CHERRY Orchard Family Resource Centre (The Bungalow) officially launched their new pocket forest and community garden on Tuesday, April 26. Members of ...

Local Faces: Paul Ritchie

Local Faces: Paul Ritchie

Ballyfermot

FROM being kicked out of school at thirteen for writing explicit song lyrics to being invited back to school to teach students ...

Father-of-four pleads guilty to robbery and false imprisonment

Father-of-four pleads guilty to robbery and false imprisonment

Ballyfermot

A father-of-four who stole cash from a doctor gave the victim his phone number and told him to give him more money ...

Secondary students create native woodland to promote biodiversity

Secondary students create native woodland to promote biodiversity

Ballyfermot

STUDENTS at Drimnagh Castle Secondary School are working on the European PULCHRA project and have aimed to create a small, dense native ...

Questions over the value for money of exercise equipment

Questions over the value for money of exercise equipment

Ballyfermot

A RESIDENT who privately priced up two pieces of exercise equipment at a public park, and received a quote for less than ...

Pre-school closure is a ‘blow for the local community’

Pre-school closure is a ‘blow for the local community’

Ballyfermot

THE imminent closure of a pre-school in Ballyfermot has been described by parents as a “blow for the community.” St Gabriel’s pre-school ...

Man who ‘targeted’ and stole from four elderly ladies is jailed

Man who ‘targeted’ and stole from four elderly ladies is jailed

Ballyfermot

A man who “targeted” four elderly ladies walking on their own and stole from them has been jailed for six years, reports ...

170 affordable homes proposed by council for Cherry Orchard

170 affordable homes proposed by council for Cherry Orchard

Ballyfermot

PLANS for over 170 ‘affordable’ homes in Cherry Orchard are proposed by Dublin City Council. The local authority have initiated a Pre ...

Curfews lifted on youths charged with attack on Alanna Quinn and teen boy

Curfews lifted on youths charged with attack on Alanna Quinn and teen boy

Ballyfermot

A JUDGE has lifted curfews imposed on two youths charged with attacking Alanna Quinn Idris and a teenage boy in Dublin, reports ...

Free programme of events called Cherry Blossoms to promote all that is good in the community

Free programme of events called Cherry Blossoms to promote all that is good in the community

Ballyfermot

A MONTH long programme of free events is happening in Cherry Orchard throughout the month of April. The Lord Mayor of Dublin ...