Category: Ballyfermot

Resident with limited mobility found path too high and fell

Resident with limited mobility found path too high and fell

Ballyfermot

Footpath kerbs around Raheen Park in Ballyfermot will be assessed by the council’s Transport Advisory Group after local residents complained they were ...

Mother gets suspended sentence for breaching ex-partner’s protection order

Mother gets suspended sentence for breaching ex-partner’s protection order

Ballyfermot

A MOTHER received a suspended prison sentence for breaching a protection order at Tallaght District Court. The woman, who cannot be named ...

Demand for action to prevent erosion of village centre

Demand for action to prevent erosion of village centre

Ballyfermot

“Nothing has been done” to prevent the erosion of the once-thriving commercial area in Ballyfermot village centre. That’s according to Cllr Vincent ...

Miss Teen Ireland Junior gets a twirl from Cyra

Miss Teen Ireland Junior gets a twirl from Cyra

Ballyfermot

“She was only after turning 13 when she entered,” explains Ballyfermot mother Amanda Carthy about her daughter Cyra, who recently won the ...

Messing about on the river

Messing about on the river

Ballyfermot

If anyone has been enjoying the recent good weather, it’s surely the kids taking part in this year’s Ballyfermot Youth Service summer ...

Young Palestinian GAA players devastated by Irish visa refusal

Young Palestinian GAA players devastated by Irish visa refusal

Ballyfermot

A group of young GAA players due to travel to Ireland from Palestine have been denied visas by the Irish Immigration Service. ...

Young woman attacked by group of girls feels ‘crippling anxiety’ since

Young woman attacked by group of girls feels ‘crippling anxiety’ since

Ballyfermot

A young woman has told a court that she has been left with “crippling anxiety” after she was punched and kicked by ...

School looking for retention permission for prefab rooms

School looking for retention permission for prefab rooms

Ballyfermot

THE Board of Management of St Louis de Marillac National School in Ballyfermot are looking for retention permission on prefabricated classroom buildings. ...

‘Celebration of creativity’ at the Ballyfermot Cherry Orchard Arts Festival

‘Celebration of creativity’ at the Ballyfermot Cherry Orchard Arts Festival

Ballyfermot

A packed programme of events across nine days is set to take place for the Ballyfermot Cherry Orchard Arts Festival this July. ...

Local Faces: Ray Moore

Local Faces: Ray Moore

Ballyfermot

The Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th century was an extremely important artistic and political lobby in Ireland and Britain, ...