Residents of Swords and Fingal have growing concerns about the lack of leisure facilities according to a RED C poll. The survey of over 1,000 residents found that concerns about the lack of leisure facilities in Fingal have doubled in the last five years. In 2017 just 11% of respondents said they had concerns about…
It will be over a decade from when the Masterplan for the Swords Cultural Quarter was first voted through by councillors until it is completed, latest details reveal The latest progress update on the Swords Cultural Quarter has put a likely completion time for early 2026. First approved in 2015 it will mean that by…
A new access path to the Arches at Ushers Lake will begin construction this summer, the council have confirmed. The new access route is needed for more extensive conservation work that is due to take place there in the coming months. The new path will lead from the Brookdale Green area of Rivervalley into the…
Fingal Greens have welcomed Minister Malcolm Noonan’s announcement detailing his plan to renew the National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS). The NPWS manages six National Parks and 78 Nature Reserves. Comprising 15 strategic actions, the plan will see the NPWS established as an executive agency and restructured to deliver better outcomes for nature. Cllr Ian…
Travel on public transport in Fingal and across the rest of the country is now half price for people between the ages of 19 and 23, following a commitment secured by the Green Party in the last budget. With the additional 20% fare reduction on all public transport announced as part of the government’s cost…
Some €200,000 will be spent this year on developing a masterplan for the Ward River Valley Regional Park. The spend, approved by Councillors on Monday, will be used to hire consultants to work on the project and in particular a public consultation planned for later this year. The funding comes from a capital transfer following…
With the high volume of Strategic Housing Developments in Swords it can be difficult to track when you need to make a submission by. Here is a list of the applications and the dates you need to make a comment, observation or objection. You will need to pay €20 to make a submission. Ref (LA)…
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,…
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…