Can the council do more to halt climate change? Should it be setting a better example? Is the management of your area sustainable? These are some of the questions that can inform what Fingal County Council should be doing on climate and this is the time to ask them. Fingal County Council is currently consulting…
Nesting boxes designed to lure the newly reintroduced Osprey to the Swords area are being considered as part of the Fingal Biodiversity Action Plan. Ecologists are due to assess sites on Fingal estuaries to see where would be the most approapriate place for the placement of osprey nest boxes. As this year an osprey from…
RTE’s Prime Time programme revealed this week how issues around the use of new flight paths can be resolved at Dublin Airport. The programme outlined how the reason for divergent flight paths is so that they give sufficient separation from a flights on the south runway who may need to fly around again – known…
Multiple daily trips from Swords to Balbriggan is a reality for Swords families whose children attend Cholaiste Glor na Mara in Balbriggan. Some 35 students from Swords attend the Irish language secondary school but because of Department of Education rules they do not receive a bus service. According to department rules, only students attending the…