Category: Ballyfermot

Plans for 188 build-to-rent apartments lodged

Plans for 188 build-to-rent apartments lodged

Ballyfermot

By Aideen O'Flaherty PLANS for the construction of 188 build-to-rent apartments at the former Heidelberg-Miller building and SCR Garage site on Davitt Road ...

Four men arrested by gardai in operation  targeting high profile scrambler motorbikes

Four men arrested by gardai in operation targeting high profile scrambler motorbikes

Ballyfermot

By Muiris O’Gairbheith FOUR men were arrested following a garda operation targeting the use of high powered scrambler motorbikes. It was the second ...

Running club vow to keep going after Gardai attend race event

Running club vow to keep going after Gardai attend race event

Ballyfermot

By Muiris O’Gairbheith A RUNNING club have vowed to keep providing an outlet for members’ mental health after videos of gardai attending the ...

Bitter blow to area as €30m funding for projects in Park West and Cherry Orchard are rejected

Bitter blow to area as €30m funding for projects in Park West and Cherry Orchard are rejected

Ballyfermot

By Muiris O’Gairbheith THE APPLICATION for €30m in funding for key objectives within the Park West/Cherry Orchard Local Area Plan (LAP) was rejected ...

Teenager who recorded stabbing of man  on Snapchat remanded on bail for sentence

Teenager who recorded stabbing of man on Snapchat remanded on bail for sentence

Ballyfermot

By Sonya McLean A teenager who recorded his accomplice stabbing a man on Snapchat has been remanded on bail pending sentence for assault. ...

Sheldon Park Hotel plans  are considered ‘overbearing’

Sheldon Park Hotel plans are considered ‘overbearing’

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey PLANS for an apartment block on the Old Naas Road have been refused permission by city planners, who consider the ...

Students virtual experience helps with ‘future of the working world’

Students virtual experience helps with ‘future of the working world’

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey A VIRTUAL work experience programme helped Ballyfermot students experience the ‘future of the working world’. Due to Covid restrictions, TY ...

5 months prison sentence ‘well overdue’ says judge

5 months prison sentence ‘well overdue’ says judge

Ballyfermot

AN uninsured driver is to be given a “well overdue” five-month prison sentence after being caught for the seventh time. However, a ...

Joyriders burn vehicle at entrance to complex

Joyriders burn vehicle at entrance to complex

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey JOYRIDERS tried to gain entry to a sports complex before abandoning and burning the vehicle at the gate entrance on ...

Former Mayor Celia had ‘a heart of gold’

Former Mayor Celia had ‘a heart of gold’

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey TRIBUTES have poured in for Celia Mills (59), a former Lord Mayor of Ballyfermot, who passed away on February 19. ...