- Fingal County Council secures €100,000 for community sports initiatives
Fingal County Council has secured €100,000 in funding for sporting initiatives benefiting traditionally underserved communities. Community Sports and Physical Activity Hubs are a major element of the funding, with €45,000 allocated for Tyrellstown/Mulhuddart and €35,000 for Balbriggan. Continue reading →
- The Big Sports Quiz 2019: Read and Be Active!
Children from 3rd class in Balbriggan Educate Together National School and Bracken Educate Together National School took part in the annual Big Sports Quiz in Balbriggan Library on Wednesday 11th December. The Big Sports Quiz is the culmination of a programme run by Fingal County Continue reading →
- Flu actively circulating in the community as HSE urges the public to play its part in reducing infection
The HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) today (Thursday, 12th December) asked the public to help prevent the spread of flu, as the latest figures show that the disease is now actively circulating in the community. HPSC Director Dr John Cuddihy said: Continue reading →
- Happy Christmas to all our readers near and far…
As we approach the end of 2019, we would like to take the opportunity to thank you all for a fantastic year. We have had the pleasure of taking thousands of photos and sharing your stories. Balbriggan is a fantastic town with some of the best people, people who give up their time to run local Continue reading →
- Minister Murphy publishes Q3 Construction Status Report
The Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Eoghan Murphy today (11 December 2019) published the Q3 2019 Social Housing Construction Status Report, outlining the significant delivery of social housing across the country. The latest Construction Status Report shows that: Continue reading →
- Fingal County Councillors hold meeting with Irish Water representatives
Fingal County Councillors have met with representatives from Irish Water following the two recent Boiled Water Notices that affected water supply in the Greater Dublin region. Irish Water’s National Head of Asset Operations Michael O’Leary attended a meeting of the Organisation and Continue reading →
- Santa arrives in Balrothery to switch on the Christmas lights
It was an day late but Santa arrives in Balrothery to switch on the Christmas lights. As usual there was a large crowd to greet him and he made his way up the new steps leading him to the big switch for the countdown. On the way to turn on the lights Santa stopped off to see Mairéad Murphy Continue reading →
- Busy time at Balbriggan Golf Club – and it’s not all golf!
Balbriggan Golf Club ladies would like to thank the members of Ballinasloe Golf Club for their very warm welcome extended to the Ladies Club on their recent visit to the Galway Club. The visit was to say a fond farewell to one of our lady Members Amanda Williams as she relocates with Continue reading →