Plans for a new high technology and manufacturing area north of Swords are going before Fingal County Council for approval. The new area, called Lissenhall East, will contain office blocks and commercial buildings up to 6-storeys as well as a hotel, a lake, open space and the woodland around the ruins of Meudon House will…
A burst watermain led to huge swathes of Swords and Fingal being without water for days earlier this week. Schools, businesses, and childcare facilities had to close for a number of days because of the outage which was difficult to resolve. Many areas suffered two days without water with a number on higher ground left…
The much loved Swords Castle Christmas Market returns this weekend. The market will be open this Saturday and Sunday from 11am-6pm and the same again the following weekend (3rd-4th December). There will be a variety of food, drinks, arts and crafts, for sale to help you kick off the Christmas Season and get some presents…
The Liam Rodgers Community Centre, in the Swords Enterprise Park, is being used as accomodation again following the recent rise in people escaping the war in Ukraine. From April until September of this year the centre was used to accommodate Ukrainians but as other accommodation came on stream it was returned to its normal use.…
Tier bikes, that came to Swords earlier this year, have had a really strong take up and company is now expanding across Fingal. The electric bikes have been used for some 2,500 hours since they were launched in June and now the company are expanding the number of bikes and the area they cover. The…
Some 19 trees in estates in Swords will be cut down by the end of January. Various reasons have been given for the removals and they included the trees being dead/diseased or causing structural damage to walls or footpaths. The list of locations are given in the image below. Cllr Ian Carey said: “Under the…
The annual Swords Castle Christmas Market will take place over two weekends starting later this month. The market will happen on Saturday November 26th and Sunday November 27th and the following weekend Saturday December 3rd and Sunday December 4th. It usually runs from 11am to 6pm with an outdoor market and some indoor entertainment and…
Many people in Swords, Malahide, Portmarnock, St Margarets, Coolquay, Rolestown and Kinsealy, will experience a significant increase in night noise between Monday and Thursday next week. Dublin Airport have indicated that they will be running night flights between 11.30pm and 4.30am from the North Runway for the first time four days next week. The DAA…
Tonight (Nov 11th) there will be an open training session for girls looking to take up football. It’s for girls aged 4 to 12 and it will take place from 5pm to 6pm at the old astro pitch in Rivervalley. The aim is to rebuild the female section for Rivervalley Rangers and the friday session…
MSD Ireland has opened a new manfacturing facility in Swords to develop its new cancer drug. This is a major investment in the Swords site at Drynam, just north of Holywell, and will see the workforce at the site increase from 350 to 420. The new facility will develop the cancer drug Keytruda which helps…