Saturday 18 May 2013
THE Grand Hotel in Malahide is to play host to a dazzling display of vintage and classic cars later this month with the oldest petrol driven car surviving in Ireland set to be the centre of attraction.
THE Grand Hotel in Malahide is to play host to a dazzling display of vintage and classic cars later this month with the oldest petrol driven car surviving in Ireland set to be the centre of attraction.
A SWORDS-based business has been judged to be the best 'woman-led' business in Leinster in the provincial finals of the Ulster Bank Business Achievers Awards.
THE Balbriggan and North County Dublin branch of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind has celebrated another great year of fundraising for the cause and handed over a massive cheque worth €68,000 to the organisation.
THERE was a fantastic turnout for this year's Ward Union Hunt Hunter Trials at Malahow House, North County Dublin.
THE most successful cricketing export from Rush has taken time out from his England career to visit some of the world's poorest children in India.
IT was a case of hands across the border recently when a group of eleven teenagers from Swords Baldoyle Youth Service took part in a youth exchange with a group from West Belfast.
THE NORTH Fingal town of Balbriggan, which has a high rate of youth unemployment, is ideally placed to benefit from a new EU initiative which aims to give a quality offer of either employment or training within four-month timeframe to those who find themselves out of work.
TEENAGERS from all over Dublin were jubilant last week upon hearing that their environmental action projects were part of the 70 groups across the Republic and Northern Ireland to be shortlisted for ECO-UNESCO's Young Environmentalist Awards Showcase and Ceremony in the Mansion House in May.
A NEGLECTED young pooch has found care and comfort in a Fingal nursing home.
THE council said there has been no demand from local athletics clubs for a running track in Balheary but said it is willing to discuss the issue.
WHILE many people would baulk at the idea of opening a business in the middle of a recession, Freddy Desmond, founder of The White House, decided it was worth the risk to follow a lifelong dream.
THE centenary of Garristown Library has been marked with a week-long programme of events that caught the attention of the entire commununity
CHRONICALLY ill people in Balbriggan are being forced to purchase only part of their monthly medication following increases in prescription charges, according to a Balbriggan Town Councillor.
THE restoration of Bremore Castle will take another two to three years assuming the continuation of the Fás funded Local Training Initiative which supplies most of the workers on the project.
A FINGAL teacher has taken on the role of Chief Commissioner of the Irish Girl Guides (IGG).
THE hottest trends for 2013 will be showcased at the Pavilions Shopping Centre this weekend when the Fashion Rules Spring/Summer event swings into action.
THE brave volunteers on the Skerries RNLI lifeboat were called into action not once but twice in a single afternoon as two yachts got into difficulty.
A SWORDS woman, who turned 90 last month, has scooped a whopping €37,800 on the Winning Streak TV game show.
TWO years after he was left sitting on a chair in accident and emergency for 24 hours, an 86-year-old Skerries man has suffered more horror at the hands of the health service.
PERMISSION has been granted for the construction of a massive €10 million primary care centre in Balbriggan that will create 100 jobs in the building phase and 80 jobs when it opens next year.
A RUSH-based charity which offers supports and counselling surrounding pregnancy and childbirth is to expand its service.
ONE of Fingal's favourite charities has celebrated 15 years of bringing fun and confidence into the lives of people with special needs as Remember Us cut its well-earned birthday cake.
MOVES are afoot to deliver a new direct community bus service to Beaumont Hospital from Skerries via Lusk and Swords.
DUBLIN Airport has been nominated for five categories in the 2013 Bord Gais Energy Social Media Awards.
CCTV surveillance in Malahide Demesne is to be extended to ward off thieves from the Castle's car parks.
SOME 30 children who faced being on a waiting list for entry to a primary school in Malahide will now be accommodated in the school after the Department of Education and the school's patrons came to an agreement.
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