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Local Councillors are continuing to show their fury over the recent government directive that prevents the local County Council from spending E70 million earned through development levies. The directive issued by the Department of Heritage and Local Gove...
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Budding entrepreneurs from Colaiste Choilm in Swords and St. Joseph’s Secondary School in Rush will be travelling to Offaly shortly to represent the North County at the National Student Enterprise Awards on May 14.
‘Adept Design’, a website develo...
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Lobbying by Green Party Cllr Joe Corr has secured an extra doctor for the HSE Special Eye Clinic. Corr told the County Leader that he became aware of the plight of the young patients following his daughter’s problems in securing an appointment and told...
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Cllr. Eoghan O’Brien (FF) has written to the ESB to find out the reasons for the power cuts in Malahide and Kinsealy. There has been four power cuts in the area with the most recent power cut occurring on April 14 and lasting over 3 hours. Last week ES...
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Pressure is mounting on the Department of Social and Family Affairs to find a new location for Balbriggan Social Welfare Office as hundreds of people from the North County join the dole queues. The Balbriggan Social Welfare Office, which closed last Nove...
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The recent County Council meeting had temperatures rising as the Rush Local Area Plans (LAP) came under fire from Labour Cllr. Ciaran Byrne and Socialist Party Cllr. Clare Daly.
Last week’s council meeting saw locals pack in to Chamber to hear the d...
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Residents of the Malahide and Kinsealy area have been hit with power cuts over the past month. The cuts have been affecting the Melrose estate and most estates on the Malahide/Swords Road, as far as Seabury. Residents have had no warning of these power c...
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Last Thursday morning 16th April local Naul resident Tom Duff and his son in-law Ronan Heary started work as normal. The pair were working on renovating an old house which is on Tom’s land: the men had taken down the ceiling in the two story old house ...
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One of the most immediate tasks of the new County Council will be the consideration of the 2011-2016 County Development Plan, according to Labour Councillor Peter Coyle.
The process for the County Council Development Plan will begins in May, with formal...
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The Swords Tidy Towns committee is continuing it’s three year battle with the County Council to get an area inThe Castle shopping centre cleaned up.
Deemed as one of the dirtiest towns in Ireland according to a 2006 ‘Eyeball Litter League,’ which ...
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As Special Olympics Ireland gears up for its fundraising day on April 24, the County Leader spoke to Stephen Brady, an athlete from Malahide who is practising hard to get through the bowling regional qualifyers for the 2011 Special Olympics.
Brady told ...
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St. Dominic’s H.S., Santa Sabina Sutton are holding a Spring Fair Sunday April 26th, in support of Trocaire’s Lenten Campaign.
Activities on the day include, art auction, face painting, arts and crafts for children, bouncing castle, cake sale, panca...
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An analysis of the latest live register figures just released by the central satatistics office (CSO) shows another severe increase in the numbers signing on in Swords, according to Senator Brendan Ryan (Labour).
“Swords, which includes Donabate and ...
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Locals from the North County are coming together to raise funds for athletes competing in the 2011 Special Olympics.
Taking place at 8pm on April 24 in Keelings, Donabate, the Vegus themed night will feature all that you need to feel you are in the famo...
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Two local ladies from the Swords meet and train group will be hoping to put in a good performance at this year’s mini marathon.
Cindy Hickey from Malahide outran a number of competitors from Leinster in her recent victory in the cross country league a...
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Local lady Suzanne Lakes is one of the playwrights who’s play will be staged
at this year’s Absolute Dublin Gay Theatre Festival. Suzanne’s play is entitled ‘Goodnight Alice’ and stars yet another Swords lady Ciara McGuinness and Sutton lady Pa...
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Students from Skerries Community College have been shortlisted for National Environmental Award. The transition year students have been selected as one of the shortlisted projects in ECO-UNESCO’s Young Environmentalist Awards 2009. The students of Sk...
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Balbriggan local, Tom O’Neill spoke to the County Leader recently and told us what it is like to have a guide dog and how the often submissive animal has made independence possible for him and his wife.
For over 20 years Mr.O’Neill and his wife Bree...
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Aoibhe Devlin from Balrothery is doing her bit for charity on May 8th when he hosts a fashion show in the Bracken Court at 8pm in aid of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind.
Having done a parachute jump last year to raise money for the Irish Guide Dogs, Aoi...
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Investigations are underway into the ownership of a cemetery beside Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links.
The local Lions club in Portmarnock have been working with the County Council and local Labour Cllr. Peter Coyle to find the deeds of ownership to the ...
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