PICTURES: Incredible climate artwork from Swords students
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.
Oil spill into Broadmeadow Estuary being investigated
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…
Burglaries down over 50% in Swords
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…
UPDATE: Works to begin on new Primary Care Centre in Swords
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…
Two Swords Community Champions honoured at Fingal Mayor’s Awards
Margaret Harris, who organises the Irish Cancer Society Charity Walk, and Liam Connor, former Chairman of Fingallians GAA, were both presented with Mayor’s Awards last night. Both were nominated for their incredible voluntary work for the community in Swords and nationally. The nomination for Margaret Harris read: Margaret and a small group of local helpers…
Free hot water for homes in Swords using surplus renewable energy
Fingal County Council has become the first local authority in Ireland to partner with EnergyCloud to provide free hot water to homes using surplus renewable energy. The pilot project with Fingal County Council’s Housing Department is supported by SSE Airtricity and will see homes in Swords equipped to benefit from free hot water via EnergyCloud…
Illegal scrambler use on the rise in Swords – YOU CAN HELP STOP IT
Scramblers being driven illegally driven in public parks, putting children and park users at serious risk, is on the increase in the Swords area. Reports of scrambler use on the Brackenstown side of the Ward River Valley have happened on successive days over the last week. This comes not long after the pitches of Swords…
More aircraft noise coming as DAA extend use of North Runway over summer months
The Dublin Airport Authority this week have informed public representatives that they are extending the use of the North Runway from 6pm to 8pm from June 1st. This will see a much higher volume of aircraft noise impacting communities in South Swords during the summer months, when many hope to use their gardens in the…
Nature conservation materplan for the Ward River Valley to be prioritised
A plan to increase, or stabilise, the population of otter, kingfisher, dipper, bats, salmon, brown trout and badger in the Ward River Valley is now part of Phase 1 of the Fingal Biodiversity Action Plan 2023-2030. This plan, which was originally unfunded and effectively shelved, is now one of the first 20 projects prioritised in…
Osprey, extinct in Ireland for 150 years, spotted in Swords
IMAGE CREDIT: John Fields @dublinjohnski on Twitter At the Swords end of the Broadmeadow Estuary, birdwatchers have reported seeing an Osprey which seems to have travelled to Ireland from Scotland. The bird of prey, which feeds on fish, was identified as a three-year-old which was ringed as a juvenile in the Tweed Valley in Scotland.…