Category: Ballyfermot

Surreal feel around normally busy spots

Surreal feel around normally busy spots

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey SUCH a surreal feeling to be in normally busy villages, towns and hubs, yet to see so many closed shutters. ...

Lynda put her skills to use to make over 200 cotton masks

Lynda put her skills to use to make over 200 cotton masks

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey Covid-19 has laid waste to thousands of hard working small businesses, but it is encouraging to see some have a ...

‘I can’t see my kids or my family’ says mother in self-isolation

‘I can’t see my kids or my family’ says mother in self-isolation

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey WEDNESDAY was Day 11 of self-isolation for a healthcare assistant in Ballyfermot and the experience has been “terrible.”, reports Maurice ...

Community responds to food bank closure

Community responds to food bank closure

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey SERVICES in Ballyfermot responded to the closure of a food bank by combining their resources to provide weekly deliveries and ...

Rezoning of industrial land to be changed to protect employment

Rezoning of industrial land to be changed to protect employment

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey PLANS for rezoning of industrial lands in Balyfermot, Drimnagh and Crumlin, have been changed to mixed use to protect existing ...

Food bank forced to close it’s service to 180 people

Food bank forced to close it’s service to 180 people

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey THE Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) in Cherry Orchard has been forced to shut down it’s service – ...

Tutors using technology to keep students up to date

Tutors using technology to keep students up to date

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey REMOTE learning has become a vital go-to-model in third level education following the closure of colleges and institutions in Ireland ...

New apartment plans  for Black Horse Inn site

New apartment plans for Black Horse Inn site

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey AN ALMOST identical planning application for a previously refused apartment development in Inchicore, has been submitted to Dublin City Council. ...

Community Focus: FamiliBase

Community Focus: FamiliBase

Ballyfermot

The Echo visited Familibase earlier this month as part of our Community Focus series. The centre is currently closed until Monday, March ...

€500K spent on waste removal at Labre Park

€500K spent on waste removal at Labre Park

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey DUBLIN City Council have spent over half a million euro on waste removal of dumped rubbish from Labre Park. Shay ...