Portmarnock News from The Fingal Independent

Latest Ridgewood robbery prompts petition demanding extra security

Residents are calling for a full-time security guard to be posted at their local Tesco Express after the store in Ridgewood was hit by an armed robbery, last week.

Publish: Saturday 15th July 12:00am

Judge warns that he will protect taxi drivers

A judge has warned anyone who appears before him guilty of abusing taxi drivers are not going to 'walk from the court' without a conviction.

Publish: Saturday 15th July 12:00am

Rush Garda Station pilot decision is still not made

A senior Government minister has again hinted that Rush is among the Garda Stations being considered for re-opening as part of a pilot scheme but failed to confirm a firm decision has been made on the issue, under questioning in the Dáil from a local TD.

Publish: Saturday 15th July 12:00am

Peter swims to bronze

Peter Heffernan from Skerries has returned home after the swimming veteran secured a bronze medal for Transplant Team Ireland at the 21st World Transplant Games in Spain.

Publish: Saturday 15th July 12:00am

Plight of Swords family is debated in the Dáil

The case of a Swords family at their wits' end coping with a child with severe autism who cannot access respite care for the eight-year-old and feel 'abandoned' by the State, has been raised in the Dáil by a local TD.

Publish: Saturday 15th July 12:00am

Our hero of Jadotville

Private Terence McMahon of the 35th Infantry Battalion of the UN Peace Keeping forces in the Congo of 1961 loved his home town so much, his fellow soldiers called him 'Balbriggan'.

Publish: Saturday 15th July 12:00am

Fingal's young population needs more investment in education and childcare

Investment in education, childcare and transport must follow the news that Balbriggan is Ireland's youngest large town and that Fingal is the youngest county in the country, according to a local senator.

Publish: Saturday 15th July 12:00am

Clifford Lee calls Panda's penalty rules 'aggressive'

Local Fianna Fáil senator, Lorraine Clifford Lee is urging waste operator Panda to roll out a quality public information campaign to its Fingal consumers before it starts to implement its new Terms and Conditions.

Publish: Saturday 15th July 12:00am

Dublin Fingal's constituency boundary in tact

There will be no change to the constituency boundaries of Dublin Fingal in the next election with the constituency also remaining a five-seater.

Publish: Saturday 15th July 12:00am

Pressure is on to publish four Oberstown reports

Pressure is growing on the Minister for Children to publish all four reports conducted into operations at Oberstown Children's Detention Campus in Lusk.

Publish: Saturday 15th July 12:00am

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