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Category: Ballyfermot
Proposed new public toilets have not gone fully down the drain
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
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’
A businessman who had €45,000 worth of cannabis “foisted on him” when he met with drug dealers to intervene over a young ...
Teens gather for alleged prearranged fight on Bypasss
A LARGE gang of teenagers gathered for an alleged pre-arranged fight in Ballyfermot/Chapelizod Bypass area on Tuesday evening. A number of residents ...
The Collectors: Breathtaking collection of football memorabilia going back to 1926
By Maurice Garvey THE front room of Patrick Murray’s Mount Brown home is essentially a shrine to a life’s work collecting football programmes and ...
Oblate parishioners organise virtual pilgrimage to Lourdes
By Maurice Garvey THE pilgrimage to Lourdes had to be postponed this year due to Covid-19 but that did not stop parishioners from ...
Bluebell Community Council launch People’s Food Bank
By Maurice Garvey THIS week saw the launch of the People’s Food Bank by the Bluebell Community Council in Park West.. Dublin City ...
Victim feared that he would bleed to death
By Sonya Mclean The victim of an aggravated burglary has said that he feared he would bleed to death when an intruder stabbed ...
Sr Margaret’s passion for education saw her play a key role in development of Ballyfermot College
By Aideen O'Flaherty A PIONEERING historian and Dominican nun, who described her involvement in setting up Ballyfermot Senior College as her “best contribution ...
Students are a class act
By Maurice Garvey A ‘RISING TIDE’ in Ballyfermot secondary schools since the millennium has increased the number of students going on to third ...