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…)
Balbriggan native Miriam Doran has been working with Friends of Calcutta for a number of years. Friends of Calcutta are a voluntary organisation founded in 1994 with 100% of all funds raised going directly to the projects we support. They support the education of over six hundred children (more…)
The European Federation of Baton Twirling European Twirling Championship finals took place in Gormanston at the weekend, and wow, what talent was on show. Ireland came in 2nd place behind Catalonia which is a fantastic achievement for our country. Baton Twirling is a sport that (more…)
The Association of Baton Twirling in Ireland has the pleasure of hosting this year’s European Championship which are being held in Gormanston College over the next 3 days. The opening ceremony took place this evening and President of the Association of Baton Twirling Ireland Michael Connelly (more…)
A big congratulations to Stuart Marry from Balbriggan and his Spring Loch team who secured bronze for Ireland at the International Fly Fishing Competition in Rutland, UK. Stuart realised a dream when he won the National Challenge Trophy at the Irish Trout Fly Fishing Associations National (more…)
On Friday night 6th February a poker classic took place in Whites Pub of Stamullen in aid of Guide Dogs Balbriggan\North county Dublin branch. Kay and Gabriel Howard gave Maureen and her wonderful team help every year but this year 6th February they were 45 years married (more…)
Stamullen Artist Niall Leavy is thrilled to be part of the inaugural LONDON IRISH ART 2015 featuring over 40 Irish artists (Ireland & UK based), including celebrated names such as Le Brocquy, Ballagh, Kingerlee and new emerging stars like Francis O’Toole & Kyle Barnes. There will also be two (more…)
On Wednesday 18th June the Balbriggan Lourdes Pilgrimage Committee held a table quiz to raise funds for the 2014 annual trip to Lourdes. A big well done to the winning team which comprised of Jim Walsh, Mary Murphy, Geraldine O’Hagan and Margaret Cluskey. (more…)
Star of the Sea Athletics club held a 5km Road Race & Fun Run on back on 13th May 2014. A portion of profits from the race, a whopping €825 was presented to Balbriggan Cancer Support Group and will make a big difference in the services that they provide. (more…)
Star of the Sea Athletics club held a 5km Road Race & Fun Run on Tuesday 13th May. The race began at St. Patricks GAA, Cockhill Road, Stamullen and the atmosphere in the village was electric. Congratulations to Conor Healy mens winner who came in at a time of 15.13 (more…)
The final of the Pat Browne Memorial Cup took place at Balbriggan RFC tonight with two teams St Patrick’s N.S. Stamullen and St Molaga’s N.S. Balbriggan battling it out to win the coveted Pat Browne Memorial trophy, In what was a close game and both teams gave it their all with St Patrick’s N.S. Stamullen coming out trumps on the night . (more…)
