Only a fool would make predictions – especially about the future. So the saying goes. But there are a number of really positive signs that over the next four years the county town of Swords will see major and transformative investment, that it has so badly needed for so long. Here is the list: Swords…
Fingal County Council will write to the Chief Executive of the DAA to seek a meeting with councillors over the way Dublin Airport is operating the North Runway. A motion, from Cllr Ann Graves, calling for a meeting to be set up between the DAA and Fingal councillors got the backing of all councillors at…
The design team who will work on a major upgrade and development of the Ward River Valley Regional Park have finally been appointed. The Ward River Valley Park masterplan, which has been promised for close to 7 years, has finally got under way with the appointment of Dermot Foley Landscape Architects as the lead on…
As part of the government’s retrofitting programme for social houses, 41 homes have been retrofitted on Jugback Lane in Swords in recent months. Figure released by Fingal, show how 81 social homes across Fingal have been retrofitted year to date with a further 10 or so expected before year end. The works in the Swords…
The draft Sustainable Swords plan has been published and a public consultation has begun. It includes a series of plans for changes to roads and public realm around Swords. In particular, it proposes a large investment and redesign of Swords Main St that will increase the pedestrian area, cycle lanes, and reorientate traffic on the…
Burglaries in Swords have increased by 146% between 2021 and 2022, Garda figure have revealed. A total of 64 burglaries have been recorded this year in Swords compared with just 26 for the same period in 2021. This increase is an outlier in the Fingal DMR North region as burglaries have remained static in Malahide,…
Swords Castle will host a number of talks from popular Irish children’s authors, illustrators and artists as part of a brand new festival. The very first Fingal Festival of Children’s Literature will take place on Saturday September 17th. For details of the event see the flyer below.
Figures released this week show that Fingal County Council underspent its allocation for active travel by €5.7m in 2021. The council were allocated €14.8m for walking and cycling infrastructure last year but just over €9m was spent. This means that Fingal County Council could not spend close to 40 per cent of its allocation in…
The campaign to preserve a section of green belt in south Swords from development has launched a petition. The group called Save the Swords Green Belt are hoping to stop the development of lands between Rivervalley and Knocksedan. A submission has been made calling for the lands in question to be developed for housing as…
The new north runway at Dublin Airport has come into operation today. The €320m investment will substantially increase the capacity at Dublin Airport and is part of a long awaited expansion of the facility. Commenting on the openning Cllr Ian Carey said: “Communities around the airport have not been looking forward to this day. “The…