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Two years on from the launch of the Our Balbriggan Rejuvenation Plan 2019-2025, the transformation of Ireland’s youngest town is taking shape, with substantial progress made across a range of objectives in all five of the Plan’s pillars. The latest advancement in the improvement of (more…)
Contractors working on behalf of Fingal County Council have commenced the demolition of O’Shea’s Buildings in Balbriggan after they were deemed to be a dangerous structure. The dilapidated building – which included the Home Nightclub and a pub – closed its doors to the public (more…)
Smart Balbriggan is delighted to announce the ‘The Changing Face of Balbriggan Hackathon’. This free, day-long event will be held on Saturday 16th October from 9am-6pm and is open to everyone over the age of 18. This is a hybrid event, taking place both in-person at the Bracken Court Hotel, (more…)
REMINDER: Friday 30th April is the final day to have your say in the formal planning process for the proposed Bremore Regional Park Development Project. Only postal submissions received by 5pm on Friday, 30th April 2021 (addressed as set out above) or on-line by 11.59pm on Friday (more…)
In case you missed it: The Reimagine Our Balbriggan new 3D Model helps us to visualise the planned transformations of the town outlined in the Our Balbriggan 2019 – 2025 Town Rejuvenation plan. This 3D environment showcases the potential of the rejuvenation plan. (more…)
Balbriggan people are being encouraged to explore the world of learning with the town’s first festival of education and training skills. The Our Balbriggan Loves Learning festival will take place from April 19 to 30 and will explore a range of learning and up-skilling opportunities which are (more…)
Today swimmers in Balbriggan took to the sea to show support for the building of a swim platform. Since the Covid-19 pandemic started the number of swimmers swimming along the Irish coast has rocketed and on any given day Balbriggan beach is home to swimmers in their (more…)
Fingal County Council (FCC) met North Fingal Pool Committee (NFPC) last Wednesday 24 February to discuss the progress of the proposed swimming pool in North Fingal, where FCC reiterated its initial provisional commitment to build a public swimming pool in Balbriggan. (more…)
€25.4m transformational funding for Balbriggan. The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD, today announced €430 million in funding for eight regeneration projects in Dublin. The projects are being funded under ‘Call 2’ of the (more…)
The Balbriggan Leadership Group will meet to ratify the establishment of a Safe Balbriggan Pillar at their quarterly meeting on Wednesday (February 17). At their meeting on October 20 last, the Leadership Group agreed to a proposal to establish a fifth pillar of the Our Balbriggan Rejuvenation (more…)
Fingal County Council has approved total funding of over €33,000 under the Our Balbriggan Placemaking Fund to local groups to support ideas or plans for projects that will enhance resident and visitor experience of the town. The response to the Fund far outweighed expectations (more…)
Fingal County Council’s Our Balbriggan project has been short-listed for a top European award by The Innovation in Politics Institute, a Vienna-based organisation which works on a nonpartisan, pan-European level to enable politicians from different countries to share best practice, (more…)