Garda Superintendent Paul Franey, for the Balbriggan District, explained this week that Gardaí have ‘made the case’ for Swords to become its own district. Swords is currently part of a large district with its headquarters in Coolock. The area includes Coolock, Malahide, Swords, Rolestown and all the way to Coolquay. With a large growing population,…
The number of people homeless in Fingal has risen steadily over the first three months of the year, figures from Fingal County Council reveal. In a recent report to councillors, the Chief Executive of Fingal County Council outlined how the number of people presenting as homeless outstripped those who exited homelessness thorugh the council by…
We need to talk about the Development Plan. Fingal County Council is currently working on a plan that will shape the way the town of Swords will develop in the coming years. We need to make sure that we don’t make the same mistakes of the past and that proper services and amenities go hand-in-hand…
Swords patriot Frank Lawless may never have known that a British Intelligence Officer scrawled the phrase ‘A Dangerous Man’ across his file – but in doing so he could not have paid the rebel a higher honour. The quartermaster of the Fingal Batallion during the Battle of Ashbourne, Lawless was the linchpin of republican efforts…
But why are all these plans coming forward now? In recent weeks, plans have been published for no less than five huge residential developments. The developments, when built, will bring whole new areas to the town and bring a significant increase in population. With hundreds of apartment blocks, houses and duplexes all contained in these…
Another Strategic Housing Development (SHD) application has just been published, this time for the lands between Swords Manor and the Swords Community College. The development will consist of 650 residential units making it the biggest development proposed in the current wave of SHDs. The Mooretown development will consist of 265 houses, 187 apartments and 198…
This huge development planned for the lands adjacent to the old Motorola factory had described in a national newspaper but the detail has now been made public. The developer is seeking permission for 621 residential units on the 14 hectare site. The new development, which will be called Holybanks, will be made up of 118…
The Round Tower and St Columbas Church in Swords have received the maximum grant of €85,000 under the Community Monuments Fund. The money will help fund repair and conservation works to the two structures. St Columba’s Church has had well documented problems with its roof. The main aims of the Community Monuments Fund are the…
A new Strategic Housing Development (SHD) for Fosterstown in Swords has been revealed today. It shows higher buildings and densities than were originally planned for the site under the 2019 masterplan. The original masterplan, developed by Fingal County Council, proposed up to 8 storeys in the eastern part of the site but this has been…
Fingal County Council are going to tender this month for conservation and improvement works to Swords Castle. The new works will involved improvements to the area known as ‘Knights and Squires’ which is to the left of the castle gate, as you look at it from Main St. It is understood the works will involve…