The old Harp Bar on North Street Swords has been given a new lease of life reopening as K Sixty Seven. Under new ownership, K Sixty Seven has seen a major refit with the multi-level aspect of the old bar dismantled to create one open space at ground level. A key feature of the new…
Two Birds Coffee, who operate out of JC’s car park, have been granted retention by Fingal County Council and allowed to stay. The coffee trailer, which started out during Covid, applied for retention planning permission in April of this year and their permission came through earlier this month. Cllr Ian Carey said: “It’s great to…
A number of barriers to migrating fish are to be dismantled along the Ward river and a ‘fish bypass’ is to be installed at the Arches near Ushers Lake, the Fingal Biodiversity Forum has heard. A study of fish along the Ward found that a number of barriers have badly impacted the ability of salmon…
A cycling and walking link across the Broadmeadow Estuary is one step closer as the public consultation for the foreshore licence gets underway. The new greenway will be an invaluable link between Malahide and Donabate and will connect to Swords through a cycle route along the estuary. The greenway will travel alongside the railway line…
Last month Swords Tidy Towns and the Swords Woodland Association held an art competition for students in Swords. Here are a selection of entries that were displayed in County Hall.
The Burrow Beach in Sutton and the Front Strand in Balbriggan have both been closed to bathers this week. The popular Burrow Beach in Sutton has been closed to swimmers for two days following the emergency overflow from a nearby pumping station. The closure is due to end tomorrow when water testing results are expected…
As construction works on the section of the Brackenstown Road which subsided last year are finally complete, engineers are planning another phase of works. The stop-go system which has been in place for a year will removed from the Brackenstown Rd in the coming weeks but it will return in September as an 80m section…
An outflow pipe near the Seatown Road was found to be pouring oil into the Broadmeadow Estuary. Fingal County Council staff worked to stop the flow of oil from the pipe, using oil absorbant ‘booms’, and have started an investigation to locate the source. The Special Area of Conservation, where recently an Osprey bird was…
Crime statistics for the last three months see a significant fall in burglaries in the Swords area. Senior Gardaí have credited the establishment of the new Community Response Unit in Swords for the drop. The figures, made available to the Fingal Joint Policing Committee, show 15 burglaries in recent months with 32 recorded for the…
A huge primary healthcare facility, designed to service a population of 70,000, will begin construction later this year, according to the HSE The new facility will accomodate GPs, Primary Care Teams, Dentists, a Mental Health Day Hospital, Adolescence Mental Health Teams, and Chronic Diseas specialists, and will be located in Airside Business Park. The Office…