Category: Ballyfermot

Jail for burglar who stole €30,000  in family heirlooms

Jail for burglar who stole €30,000 in family heirlooms

Ballyfermot

By Fiona Ferguson A burglar who stole over €30,000 of personal belongings and family heirlooms from the home of an elderly woman ...

Ideas are sought for ‘New School Name’ from the local community

Ideas are sought for ‘New School Name’ from the local community

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey IDEAS from the wider community of Ballyfermot are sought by the committee for the area’s newest school. The Trustees and ...

Eight people arrested as Gardai seize quad bikes and scramblers

Eight people arrested as Gardai seize quad bikes and scramblers

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey EIGHT people were arrested following a garda investigation into the dangerous and reckless use of scramblers in public parks and ...

Costings being finalised for People’s Park plans

Costings being finalised for People’s Park plans

Ballyfermot

COSTINGS are being finalised by Dublin City Council in relation to the proposed People’s Park in Ballyfermot. The park is to be ...

Father of five caught with over €700,000 worth of drugs will be sentenced

Father of five caught with over €700,000 worth of drugs will be sentenced

Ballyfermot

By Sonya McLean A father of five who was caught with over €700,000 worth of drugs at three separate locations in Dublin will ...

Man (33) accused of punching teenager in the face

Man (33) accused of punching teenager in the face

Ballyfermot

A BALLYFERMOT man was living in homeless accommodation in the same hotel as a teenager when he called to the boy’s room ...

Firefighters attend over 160 bonfires in lead up to Halloween

Firefighters attend over 160 bonfires in lead up to Halloween

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey FIREFIGHTERS have attended over 160 bonfires in the lead up to Halloween – almost three times as many as the ...

Proposed new public toilets have not gone fully down the drain

Proposed new public toilets have not gone fully down the drain

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey PROPOSALS for public toilets on local high streets have not gone fully down the drain, following an amendment to a ...

€50,000 agreed to be spent on fencing to protect skate park

€50,000 agreed to be spent on fencing to protect skate park

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey DUBLIN City Council have agreed to invest up to €50k on fencing to protect the skate and play park in ...

Businessman had €45,000 of cannabis ‘foisted on him’

Businessman had €45,000 of cannabis ‘foisted on him’

Ballyfermot

A businessman who had €45,000 worth of cannabis “foisted on him” when he met with drug dealers to intervene over a young ...