Category: Ballyfermot

Students learning about technology  and innovations during Tech Week

Students learning about technology and innovations during Tech Week

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey AN EXCITING range of activities have been taking place at schools during Tech Week (April 19-23). At St John’s College, ...

‘Miracle child’ Alex needs life-saving heart surgery

‘Miracle child’ Alex needs life-saving heart surgery

Ballyfermot

By Aimee Walsh A FUNDRAISER to help a seven-year-old boy get life-saving heart surgery in the UK has been set up. “Miracle child” ...

€92,000 approved to make Orchard community centre more modern

€92,000 approved to make Orchard community centre more modern

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey ALTHOUGH effectively closed to the public since the day before St Patrick’s day 2020, work has been going on at ...

Excitement building for new sculpture at park

Excitement building for new sculpture at park

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey A VIRTUAL online meeting was held to update the community on the creative process for the new sculpture that ...

‘Serious concerns’ over LDA delivering affordable housing

‘Serious concerns’ over LDA delivering affordable housing

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey POTENTIAL for 900 new residential units in Park West beside the train station, was among the proposals on display during ...

18th anniversary of Lance Corporal Ian Malone who was killed in Iraq

18th anniversary of Lance Corporal Ian Malone who was killed in Iraq

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey THIS week marked the 18-year anniversary of the death of a Ballyfermot soldier, who was shot by a sniper in ...

Local faces: Theresa McGouran

Local faces: Theresa McGouran

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey PUBLIC events have been effectively banned during the pandemic but this has not halted the level of engagement with residents ...

Meghen, Dolly, Yolko-ono, Chickira, Victoria and Laya compete in school’s Great Chicken Run

Meghen, Dolly, Yolko-ono, Chickira, Victoria and Laya compete in school’s Great Chicken Run

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey AN ALTERNATIVE sports day was hatched at a local school which saw students manage online chicken racers, reports Maurice Garvey. ...

Concerns 30km speed limit not planned for busy road

Concerns 30km speed limit not planned for busy road

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey CONCERNS that a stretch of Kylemore Road with numerous schools are not included in proposals to reduce the speed limit ...

Secondary school to be called St Seton’s

Secondary school to be called St Seton’s

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey THE amalgamation of three local Ballyfermot secondary schools, Caritas College, St Dominic’s College and St John’s  De Le Salle has ...