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After continuous heavy rain last night and today many roads in Balbriggan were flooded. On the southside of the town, outside Wavin on the R132 motorists took caution as they passed the flooded road however at the other end of the town outside the Cardy Rock estate one motorist and a (more…)
The European Federation of Baton Twirling Cup of Club Championships is taking place at Gormanston Park Sports Hall this weekend. This evening at the Opening ceremony the the Irish contingent made up of members from Balbriggan, Balscadden, Stamullen, Dublin and Cork (more…)
It is with great sadness that we have lost a dear friend and key member of the Balbriggan.info team, David Brangan.
David was an amazing community champion who also volunteered for Balbriggan Meals on Wheels, Balbriggan Cancer Support Group, the Balbriggan Branch of the (more…)
Today a commemoration service was held in Balrothery to mark the 100th anniversary of the late John Macaulay, Royal Navy Reserve no. 4315SD. John along with 34 passengers was on the SS Kenmare which was torpedoed on 2nd March 1918 some 25 miles off the coast of Skerries by German (more…)
To tremendous applause Phoenixes very own Aleica Flanagan age 4 took a step forward to accept her award for Pee Wee Twirler of the competition for achieving the highest scores within her category at the recently held National competition Saturday February 11th and Sunday February (more…)
Today we had the pleasure of visiting Gormanston Woods nursing home with students from Balbriggan Educate Together National School. This year the school piloted a link programme with Gormanston Wood Nursing Home and the aim of the programme was to develop empathy and (more…)
Gormanston College Parents Association held a Christmas Fair on Saturday 18th November to raise funds for much needed school equipment to benefit the students. There was a fantastic on offer from bottle stall, local produce, award winning jams, Greek oils, cake stall, jewellery, craft (more…)
Gardaí are investigating an assault on two teenaged boys on 5th November 2017. During the early evening of Sunday 5th November, Gardaí responded to a call of a disturbance on the roadway leading to Gormanston Railway Station. Two 17 years old boys from Laytown reported being assaulted (more…)
Phoenix Baton Twirlers took a step forward toward eligibility to represent Ireland in the European and world competitions on October 15th Phoenix Baton twirlers along with 5 other clubs from the BTSAI (Baton Twirling sports association of Ireland) travelled to Greystones participating in Grading. (more…)
The sun defiantly was shining on June 24th and the Phoenix stars where out shining brighter as Phoenix baton twirlers recently attended the Dublin open competition which was hosted by Northern Star Twirlers in association with the BTSAI (Baton Twirling sports association of Ireland). (more…)
On April 15th 2017 Phoenix Baton Twirlers made a strong show of strength at the Open Competition hosted by Greystones Baton Twirlers Greystones Co Wicklow. This year seen one of the largest competitions with 10 clubs from different associations been represented. (more…)
Saturday February 11th and Sunday February 12th seen the Baton Twirling Association of Ireland National competitions 2017 been held in the National basketball arena in Tallaght. This year was Phoenix baton twirlers strongest show of force at a National championship with the majority of athletes (more…)