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Loreto girls' 'One Good Idea' is best in Ireland
STUDENTS from Loreto in Balbriggan and one good reason to celebrate last week after scooping the top prize in the national final of the One Good Idea project.
Loreto girls' 'One Good Idea' is best in Ireland
STUDENTS from Loreto in Balbriggan and one good reason to celebrate last week after scooping the top prize in the national final of the One Good Idea project.
Keelings launch their 'Love to Grow' garden ahead of Bloom
FINGAL-based fresh produce supplier Keelings has unveiled its entry for this year's Bloom in the Park, which once again takes place over the June Bank Holiday weekend.
Lions to put on 'grand' display of vintage motors
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.
Clevamama wins top business accolade
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.
Local guide dogs team celebrates a great year with €68,000 donation
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.
The thrill of the hunt
THERE was a fantastic turnout for this year's Ward Union Hunt Hunter Trials at Malahow House, North County Dublin.
Kolkata kids bowled over by cricket star
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.
Teenage group take part in Causeway Youth Exchange
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.
Green Heroes
THERE were some pint-sized superheroes doing their bit to keep the planet green in Donabate last Friday as the children from Beverton Preschool took part in a huge clean up.
New Youth Guarantee to assist unemployed
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.
Two schools into eco awards final
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.
Sad 'tail' comes to a very happy ending at Rush Nursing Home
A NEGLECTED young pooch has found care and comfort in a Fingal nursing home.
'No demand' for running track from athletics clubs
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.
Everything's all 'white' for Freddy
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.
Library buzzing during centenary celebration
THE centenary of Garristown Library has been marked with a week-long programme of events that caught the attention of the entire commununity
Patients buying part-prescriptions due to price hike
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.
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All Rose-y after gameshow success
A SWORDS woman, who turned 90 last month, has scooped a whopping €37,800 on the Winning Streak TV game show.
Lifeboat rescues two yachts in an afternoon
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.
All aboard for road train test
THE campaign to bring a 'road train' to Malahide has gathered pace in the last week with a road test of the proposed train that would take tourists around the historic village.
Minister takes tumble during hospital visit
IT'S been another terrible week for Health Minister Dr. James Reilly.
Motorists asked to be patient with the M1 upgrade at Lissenhall
THE council has called for patience among motorists on the ongoing upgrade of the M1 at Lissenhall which it says will deliver huge benefits to motorists when it is completed.
Plan for link road set to be finalised
CONSULTANTS working on a crucial road project aimed at taking heavy traffic from outside the front doors of long-suffering residents of a Balbriggan estate will finish the design for the long-awaited scheme this month.
County council rubbishes 'most dangerous roundabout' claims
FINGAL County Council has flatly denied that Swords has the 'most dangerous roundabout in Ireland'.
Schoolchildren join fight to reverse library cuts
SEPARATE protests in Rush and Balbriggan this week kept up the pressure on Fingal County Council to reverse cuts to library opening hours in both towns.
Skerries gearing up for Rás stage
PREPARATIONS are gathering pace in Skerries as the seaside town once again hosts the final stage of the An Post Ras, which will roll into town at the end of the month.
Huge crowd takes part in special walk
MORE than 2,500 people dressed in yellow t-shirts watched the dawn break over Newbridge House as part of Fingal's first Darkness into Light walk in aid of Pieta House in Dublin.
