Bleeper bikes have launched a new rental bikes service for the Swords area. The new service will have three hubs at Millers Square, Brackenstown Road and Rivervalley. The press release from the company states: Bleeper’s latest expansion of our bike sharing service takes in the western parts of Swords. New Bleeper ‘Suburban Hubs’ have been…
Get ready for Family Fun at Swords Castle! Join us on Sunday, July 30th, 2023, from 12-6pm for an unforgettable summer afternoon! Kids’ games, captivating magic shows, live music, and vintage games await you at this fantastic event! Enjoy a great lineup of free live music. 1-2.30pm The Blue Belles2.45-4pm Casey Brothers4.30-6pm Marvin & The Grooves…
A new road project, which will link the Rathbeale Rd and the Brackenstown Road, will have consultants appointed to it in Q3 of this year. The Swords Western Distributor Road which will go from the Brackenstown Rd, west of Swords Manor, and travel north past the new Mooretown development and across the Broadmeadown River to…
As part of a new initiative to encourage children to play outdoors, a number of streets around Fingal will be closed on July 30th to allow children to take over the area and play. Castleview Avenue in Swords has been selected to take part and the community group there will receive a play bag of…
The new toilet in Swords Town Park, just off North St, has been badly damaged by vandals. This is the second facility to be badly damaged in Swords in recent weeks – as the new toilet block at the Rivervalley sports hub suffered similar treatment. Council staff are working to restore the restroom on North…
Contractors and the operations staff of Fingal County Council have reduced the list of 40 items, compiled by the Swords Pickers group, to 11 difficult to remove items from the Ward River Valley. In the coming weeks a contractor for Fingal County Council will visit each of the difficult to reach items and prepare an…
In a move that will bring significantly more aircraft noise to South Swords, St Margarets, Coolquay, Rolestown and north Fingal, the DAA are extending their hours of operation on the North Runway from 7am until 11pm Currently the airport is operating the North Runway from 9am until 8pm and the change will come into effect…
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…