Fingal County Council is delighted to congratulate all TidyTowns committees following the announcement of the results of this year’s awards at a ceremony in The Helix in DCU on Monday, 24 September. Skerries won the County Medal again as well as being awarded a gold medal. In 2016, (more…)
Fingal County Council has lifted the Temporary ‘Do Not Swim’ Notice for Rush South Beach which was issed last Friday due to the risk of deterioration in water quality following an emergency sewage overflow at Rush East Shore.
Samples of the water were taken on Monday and the results (more…)
Fingal County Council has commissioned a survey to establish the number of breeding gulls nesting on residential houses and industrial buildings in Howth, Skerries and Balbriggan and is inviting observations from residents regarding the location of the birds. Conditions in urban areas (more…)
Over 200 community activists representing more than 140 community groups across Fingal attended the Fingal Public Participation Network (PPN) Plenary in the Carnegie Court Hotel, Swords on Wednesday November 8. There were community representatives present from Garristown, (more…)
The Milestone Inn came alive with the sound of music for the Fingal Heritage Network Culture night on Friday evening 13th of October. Culture Night is an annual event where the various historical societies in Fingal get together for an evening of stories and song and there were 11 different (more…)
Fine Gael TD for Dublin Fingal, Alan Farrell, has said that a Government scheme to support new apprenticeships will provide great opportunities for school leavers in the North County. These will be in the areas of Manufacturing and Engineering, Tourism and Sport, Financial Services, (more…)
Labour TD Brendan Ryan has welcomed the opening of the registration process for over 70s free GP care today. Anyone who is over 70 and already does not have a medical card or GP visit card is now eligible to sign up for free doctor’s visits. The service will be available from Wednesday. (more…)
An Eircode is a smart location code for all Irish addresses. Unlike other countries, where postcodes define clusters or groups of addresses, an Eircode will identify an individual address – rural or urban – and help show exactly where it is located. This means every residential address and business (more…)
No newly graduated Garda recruits will be posted for North County Dublin. The Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Dublin, Senator Darragh O’Brien, has demanded an explanation from the Justice Minister after it emerged that none of the newly graduated garda recruits will be posted (more…)
With the good weather set to return over the coming days, beach goers are advised to keep up to date with the water quality reports on Fingal beaches. Temporary advisory notices have been issued advising against bathing in respect of all identified beaches in Fingal: Balbriggan Front beach; (more…)
We have had reports of a number of cars and sheds being broken into over the last few weeks. Please double check to make sure you lock your car leave nothing of value (anything that can be sold!) inside. Remember even if you leave your car open no one has the right to enter your car so (more…)
Cllr Grainne Maguire has forwarded a notice from George Sharpson, Principal Environmental Health Officer instructing that Advisory Notices be displayed at all beaches due to overflows at a number of pump stations. Red Flags will be flown at all beaches and Blue Flags (4 beaches) (more…)
