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First Bike Bunkers For Fingal Installed in Balbriggan

By Ryan Harmon 1 February 2023

Fingal got it’s first bike bunkers this month with two units installed in Barnwall Court, Balbriggan. Designed to provide secure, covered bike parking for up to 6 adult bikes per bunker and with 2 bunkers installed, this innovative storage solution from manufacturer Castit Ltd is a step forward for Active Travel in Balbriggan. Fingal County […]

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Fingal Moves Forward On Skerries Active Travel Plan Following Public Consultation

By Ryan Harmon 27 January 2023

In September 2022 Fingal County Council launched a public consultation on an Active Travel Plan for Skerries, aimed at improving the town for residents and visitors alike. The public consultation ran until early November and used street surveys, workshops in schools, engagement withthe general public, online surveys and suggestion boxes placed around the town to […]

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Locals Encouraged to Drop into Community Living Rooms By Fingal County Council

By Ryan Harmon 23 January 2023

To help provide a network of friendly drop-ins to community living rooms for people across north Dublin, Fingal County Council has launched a pilot initiative at three key centres that will give a welcoming and comfortable environment where people can feel at ease and at home. Fingal have announced that Rivervalley Community Centre, Parslickstown House […]

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Guinness Bridge Conservation Works to Commence in January

By Ryan Harmon 3 January 2023

Conservation works on the Guinness Bridge which spans the River Liffey at the Strawberry Beds will commence this month and are expected to take five months to complete. Fingal County Council have appointed Jons Civil Engineering Co Ltd to carry out the essential conservation works on the metal bridge structure and stone abutments. The bridge […]

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Fingal County Council Launch Vacant Homes Action Plan

By Ryan Harmon 19 December 2022

Fingal County Council has released a new vacant and derelict homes plan which outlines how it aims to take a more proactive approach to bring vacant homes back into use. The Vacant Homes Plan will help bring vacant properties back into use as a cost-effective and sustainable way to increase the supply of housing to […]

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A Fingal Winner for 2022 ‘Find a Fast bowler’ Cricket Award

By Ryan Harmon 12 December 2022

Fingal County Council’s Sports Office sends its fullest congratulations to Balbriggan Cricket Club right-arm seam bowler Aadi Wankhade, who has been awarded the prestigious Cricket Leinster ‘Find a Fast Bowler’ award for 2022. The award in its seventeenth season, has been established to identify the finest young fast bowlers in Leinster, and Aadi represents the third […]

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Girls Get Active at the Exercise: Energise Multi-Sports Day in the NIA

By Ryan Harmon 29 November 2022

Fingal County Council’s Sports Office were delighted to hold the Exercise: Energise “Come and Try” Multi-Sports Day for the first time since 2019. Deputy Mayor of Fingal Councillor Cathal Boland and Director of Housing and Community Robert Burns were in attendance at the National Indoor Athletics Arena in Abbottstown to see over 300 teenage girls […]

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TIER Announces Fingal Shared E-Bike Fleet Expansion

By Ryan Harmon 15 November 2022

TIER Mobility, the world’s largest shared mobility provider, has announced that 120 new e-bikes will be deployed by the end of November across its Fingal shared e-bike scheme. The new deployment will bring the total number of e-bikes in the TIER fleet to over 300. TIER has also completed the expansion of its business area […]

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Fingal Inclusion Week 2022

By Ryan Harmon 9 November 2022

There is something for everyone in the fantastic programme planned for the fourth Fingal Inclusion Week with over 100 events taking place around the County. The week, which runs from November 14th to November 20th is an initiative of Fingal County Council Community Office in collaboration with Fingal Integration Officer and the Fingal Public Participation Network.  Fingal

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Taoiseach Tours New Large Scale Housing Developments Underway in Fingal

By Ryan Harmon 2 November 2022

The Taoiseach Micheál Martin visited Fingal to see new housing being built at one of Fingal County Council’s flagship developments in Dublin 15. Located in Mulhuddart, Church Fields is one of the largest developments that Fingal is currently taking forward. Whilst around 100 social homes are now nearing completion, once the development is fully completed […]

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Fingal Coastal Way Reaches News Milestone As Emerging Preferred Route is Published

By Ryan Harmon 28 October 2022

The emerging preferred route for flagship amenity the Fingal Coastal Way has been published and Fingal County Council is encouraging the public to review and comment on the route in the coming weeks. With both in-person and online events planned where the public can meet the project team and ask questions, Fingal County Council is […]

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All Set for Halloween Festivities Across Fingal

By Ryan Harmon 24 October 2022

As the autumn weather begins to turn, pumpkin patches are running out of supplies whilst skeletons and witches are popping up across households in Fingal. That can only mean Halloween is fast approaching, and Fingal County Council has scheduled an array of Halloween events for all to enjoy. There are over 30 community-based events happening […]

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Fingal County Council’s €989m Capital Programme Approved

By Ryan Harmon 17 October 2022

Councillors have approved Fingal County Council’s €989m three-year Capital Programme which provides for significant investment on projects across the County during period from 2023 to 2025. It represents a €205m increase on the previous Capital Plan with the 2023-2025 programme identifying 266 individual projects with an estimated spend of €988,990,218 over the

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ESB Bleeper eBikes Roll into Fingal Locations

By Ryan Harmon 27 September 2022

The pilot programme, ESB Bleeper eBikes, came into operation across Fingal in mid-August and will run for a ten-month period. With 3 Fingal charging stations located in Swords, Malahide and Howth, these ESB eBikes add another convenient option for people choosing Active Travel to get where they’re going.   Bleeper will maintain and operate the […]

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Dublin’s First Bike Disco Coming to the Phoenix Park

By Ryan Harmon 20 September 2022

Dublin City Council, in collaboration with Fingal County Council, the Office of Public Works, and Dublin Cycling Campaign, is delighted to announce the city’s first Bike Disco at the Phoenix Park. This family-friendly 5km cycle will take place at 8pm on Friday the 23rd of September and will leave from the Phoenix Roundabout at Chesterfield […]

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Fingal County Council Launches Public Consultation on Draft Plan for Swords

By Ryan Harmon 19 September 2022

Fingal County Council has launched a public consultation on its draft plan to regenerate the centre of Swords through sustainable development. The draft Sustainable Swords Strategy, which contains 16 projects, is a plan based on best practice in urban development from across the world and will create an accessible, inclusive, child-friendly, and healthy urban environment

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The Skerries Wild Bee Festival 2022

By Ryan Harmon 2 September 2022

The Skerries Wild Bee Festival 2022 was launched by the Mayor of Fingal Cllr. Howard Mahony at Skerries Mills. The three-day event from August 26 to 29, was a collaboration between Fingal County Council, the National Biodiversity Data Centre, and Charlie and Marion Heasman from Sustainable Skerries. The Mayor of Fingal Cllr. Howard Mahony remarked, […]

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Fingal County Council Presents The Dublin Community Clean-Up

By Ryan Harmon 30 August 2022

Fingal County Council presents The Dublin Community Clean-up, Dublin’s biggest ever clean-up event taking place from the 10th to the 18th of September. A collaborative initiative developed by Dublin’s Four Local Authorities, Clean Coasts, National Spring Clean, Local Authority Waters Programme, Dublin City Canals and Dodder Action, the event unites residents, volunteers,

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Volleyball Ireland Beach Tour Comes to Balbriggan

By Ryan Harmon 8 August 2022

The Volleyball Ireland Beach Tour took to Fingal’s Balbriggan beach last weekend with a King/Queen of the Court event. The unique format is based on the famous Utrecht Sportworx event which has become a global sensation with international events in Australia, Brazil & the Middle East. Ireland’s first National Series of King/Queen of the Court […]

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Fully Inclusive “We-Go-Swing” Launched at Millennium Park

By Ryan Harmon 29 July 2022

There was great fanfare in Millennium Park in Dublin 15 as a new fully inclusive “We-Go-Swing” was launched by Mayor of Fingal Cllr Howard Mahony, allowing children of all abilities to play together without barriers. Also in attendance were Minister Jack Chambers TD, Paul Donnelly TD, local Councillors and enthusiastic children and parents who gave the new […]