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Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind’s national fundraising campaign Guide Dog Day takes place on Friday, 7th May and they are asking you to take on the challenge of walking, running, swimming or cycling 100 km throughout the month of May to help change the lives of people who are vision (more…)
Matt’s Mega Raffle in memory of Matthew Dunne, who died on 28th Feb 2021 was held in the Balbriggan Cancer Support Group on Monday 3rd May 2021. The O’ Melia Girls; Debbie, Amy, Michelle, Wendy, Tammy, and Cathy got together to raise funds for Balbriggan Cancer Support Group in (more…)
Due to Covid restrictions, Barney Greene was unable to run his tractor run this year and not content to let this slide Barney decided to run an online fundraiser and managed to raise a whopping €6,150 for St Francis Hospice. Barney would once again like to thank everyone who made (more…)
Back in 2019 a fundraising campaign was launched by Balbriggan Meals on Wheels to purchase a minibus to strengthen their service within the wider Balbriggan community. Thanks to sponsorship received from Progressive Credit Union, Balbriggan, and the H.S.E., along (more…)
Sea swimming exploded in popularity in Ireland last year and that surge has continued, even as air and water temperatures dropped throughout the winter. The Balbriggan Selkies who can be seen in the water even on the coldest dreariest day and now they want to raise (more…)
As with many other charities, Balbriggan/North County Dublin Branch of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind’s fundraising has been affected by the ongoing pandemic. So they have had to find other innovative ways of raising much-needed funds. Founded in 1985, we are the Balbriggan North County (more…)
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, it is with a heavy heart that O’Dwyers GAA have decided to postpone the until a later date in 2021 the Annual New Years Day Swim in Aid of Meals On Wheels. The Meals On Wheels service relies heavily on funds raised and the generosity of the whole Balbriggan (more…)
Yesterday, four van loads of good donated by O’Dwyers GAA club members, the community of Balbriggan and local businesses headed off to the Capuchin Day Centre for homeless people. Over the last number of weeks the club put out an appeal for donations and were overwhelmed (more…)
Back in October, we brought you the story of Rory, Darragh & Kevin were on a mission to raise money for a very worthy local cause, Balbriggan Cancer Support Group. The selfless trio had set a goal to raise €1,000 however they managed to raise a whopping €4,000 and when presenting the cheque (more…)
Local band, Mitchell and The Crew are doing a live stream reunion concert live from a marquee at 8:30 pm on Thursday 17th December. The formed around ten years ago and have played at several events around the town including winning Balbriggan Got Talent, multiple Summerfests and (more…)
REMINDER: O’Dwyers GAA Club Capuchin appeal for 2020 comes to an end on Saturday, December 12th at 1 pm. All donations are greatly appreciated and O’Dwyers GAA Club would like to thank everyone who has donated so far. You can continue to donate until Saturday at 1 pm so please (more…)
The Gardaí In Balbriggan have counted their steps for the “Stepping out of Lockdown Challenge” that took place yesterday and have reached their goal by walking a combined total of 414,916 steps over the 24 hour period. This has exceeded their goal of 380,160 steps they had set. (more…)