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Katie Lynch from Swords was recently awarded for her dedication to volunteer work at a gala dinner in Donegal last week.
Lynch is the first student in north county Dublin to be recognised at the annual Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards and she told t...
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For Patricia Mackenzie from Portmarnock, donor week 2009 is going to be extra special. Mackenzie received a donor last year after being on the donor waiting list for over eight years.
The Portmarnock native told the North County Leader that it was afte...
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A number of local taxi drivers working out of Dublin airport held their annual charity football match the ‘Gino Cullen Memorial Cup’ last week. All proceeds will go to St. Francis Hospice.
Patrick Keogh and Gerard ‘Jazzer’ Mooney from Malahide, ...
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Dublin North Fianna Fáil TD, Darragh O’Brien confirmed on March 25th that the European Investment Bank is making a total of €300 million available for loans for Irish small and medium sized firms.
The E300 million from the European Investment Bank...
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The residents of Castleview Estate in Swords are starting up a residents association for the estate. There are approximately 467 houses in Castleview estate and the committee organisers would like to get the whole estate involved in building a community ...
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Swords native Maureen Cullen, 73, found herself in a tricky situation last week at Turvey Allotments, Donabate.
A keen gardener, Maureen spends a lot of her time at the allotments working on her fruit and vegetable crops.
Normally closing at 4.30pm, ...
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Local TD Michael Kennedy has strongly criticised Fine Gael’s abandonment of the Metro North project and the 7,000 jobs, which it would create at construction stage alone.
Deputy Kennedy welcomed Transport Minister Noel Dempsey’s support for the rol...
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Swords Sinn Féin local election candidate, Conor Kelly, has called on the Government to guarantee the future of the “Dial to Stop Drug Dealing” non Garda phone line which is due to cease operating when funding runs out despite its success in tacklin...
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Cllr Eoghan O’Brien has stressed the importance of keeping the area around Portmarnock Beach and promenade looking well for regular users and visitors especially with the longer evenings and better weather approaching. Portmarnock beach is a popular de...
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Following important redevelopment the County Council will formally reopen the 18 hole public links course in Corballis, Donabate at 2pm on March 27th. Cllr David O’Connor will officiate on behalf of Mayor of Fingal, Councillor Michael O’Donovan.
Nat...
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Fine Gael Dublin North Deputy Dr James Reilly TD, said last Wednesday that the Government should ensure that all potential investors interested in SR Technics are introduced to the workers as well as being directed by State Agencies to the company’s Zu...
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A partnership project between the Fingal Leader Partnership, Fingal Citizen’s Information Service of the Skerries and Balbriggan branches as well as the Skerries Community Association have produced an updated combined community directory for the Balbri...
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Cllr. Clare Daly has claimed that the County Council’s budget for 2009 could be cut by as much as E55m following a financial directive from the Department of the Environment that prohibits the Council from using its full reserve fund of developers’ l...
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Rose Talbot, the last Talbot to reside in Malahide Castle, has died at the age of 93 in her home in Tasmania, Australia. When the castle was sold to the State in 1976, Rose moved to Tasmania to a family owned house aptly called Malahide and 21,000 acres ...
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Like him or loathe him, Charlie Haughey can still pull a crowd. The former Taoiseach’s artwork collection from his Abbeville home in Kinsealy went under the hammer last week in front of a packed auction house. The majority of items were sold for consi...
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There was great excitement in St Peter and Paul J.N.S in Balbriggan last week when it was announced the school had won an amazing four prizes in the annual St. Patrick’s Day Poetry, Art and Essay Competition. This is always a very popular competition r...
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The proposed swimming pool for the Ballast Pit site in Skerries remains hanging in the balance after a meeting between community representatives, local TD’s and Minister for Sport Martin Cullen. The project appeared dead in the water last week after it...
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Commuters who reside in the Donabate, Rush and Lusk, Skerries and Balbriggan areas will be very happy to see that the extension of the Dart network in Dublin North is very much still on the cards. The good news comes following representations made from t...
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Senator Brendan Ryan, Dublin North, has expressed concern at the figures released by the Department of Education showing the number of teachers Dublin North schools are set to lose. 12 Primary Schools in Dublin North will lose teachers which will result ...
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Minister James Reilly, TD for North County, donated E20,000 toward an effort to vaccinate young girls against cervical cancer. The vaccine protects against two types of genital warts associated with causing cervical cancer. The vaccine must be given in a...
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