Tag: Dublin City Council

Residents slam council on response to flats flooding

Residents slam council on response to flats flooding

Ballyfermot

By Maurice Garvey RESIDENTS have blasted “ongoing problems” at the block of flats in Tyrone Place in Inchicore, after a burst pipe ...

Call for dumping blackspots pilot scheme following reduction in numbers of cleansing staff

Call for dumping blackspots pilot scheme following reduction in numbers of cleansing staff

News

By Maurice Garvey THE number of Dublin City Council cleansing staff employed in Dublin South Central, has plummeted over the last eight ...

Family honours the memory of their lost child with a cuddle cot

Family honours the memory of their lost child with a cuddle cot

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyONE Ballyfermot family is honouring the tragic loss of their baby by raising funds for a cuddle cot. Baby Gloria ...

Ballyfermot residents angry at lack of parking spaces and possible future accidents

Ballyfermot residents angry at lack of parking spaces and possible future accidents

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyCHALLENGES facing pedestrians and motorists at Claddagh Green shops and at the pedestrian lights near the Gala building, are in ...

Calls for tougher actions on retailers surcharging  the reloads of Leap Cards

Calls for tougher actions on retailers surcharging the reloads of Leap Cards

Ballyfermot

By Echo ReporterSURCHARGES which cost customers an additional 50 cents each time they top up their Leap Card, should lead to tougher ...

Council spending  €55k removing and disposing of illegally dumped waste every month

Council spending €55k removing and disposing of illegally dumped waste every month

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyDUBLIN City Council are spending over €55k removing and disposing illegally dumped waste every month – a shocking statistic which ...

Unique programme provides 3,000 free meals every week for children

Unique programme provides 3,000 free meals every week for children

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyA UNIQUE after-schools programme in Ballyfermot provides up to 3,000 free meals per week to children. The initiative at St ...

Residents battle city council’s go-ahead for Kylemore plans

Residents battle city council’s go-ahead for Kylemore plans

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyRESIDENTS have lodged an objection with An Bord Pleanála over a decision by Dublin City Council to grant permission for ...

Mother and Baby homes survivors advised to apply again for compensation

Mother and Baby homes survivors advised to apply again for compensation

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveySURVIVORS of Mother and Baby homes in South Dublin County have urged other survivors of institutions to reapply with the ...

Ballyfermot Festival staging series of community events to remember the 1916 Easter Rising

Ballyfermot Festival staging series of community events to remember the 1916 Easter Rising

Ballyfermot

By Maurice GarveyA SERIES of events to mark the 2016 Centenary, will be available for the Ballyfermot community, from April 21-24. THE ...