The temporary traffic lights on the Brackenstown Rd between Swords Manor and Knocksedan are likely to be in place until May 2023, engineers have confirmed. Speaking on a motion brought by Cllr Ian Carey to the Area Committee, Fingal Council engineers confirmed that the foundations Brackenstown Road at that point are based on clay this…
A €50m third level institution is being planned for Swords, following a government announcement last week. The proposed ‘College of the Future’ will cater for 1,000 students and is one of a number of new third level colleges being rolled out by Education and Training Boards as part of a national strategy. The government have…
Paul Murphy, from Swords, told listeners of Morning Ireland this week how his 12-week-old son Liam needed life-saving treatment in Sweden after contracting the virus around Halloween. In an incredibly brave interview, Mr Murphy outlined how the virus had saturated the lungs of the infant and that despite treatment in Crumlin he needed to be…
A new four-person community garda unit to tackle the anti-social behaviour has been launched in Swords as a temporary measure. Superintendent Ronan Barry told the Fingal Joint Policing Committee that the new unit has been working to deal with issues relating to attacks on young people and issues in the Ward River Valley. These issues…
Plans for a new high technology and manufacturing area north of Swords are going before Fingal County Council for approval. The new area, called Lissenhall East, will contain office blocks and commercial buildings up to 6-storeys as well as a hotel, a lake, open space and the woodland around the ruins of Meudon House will…
A burst watermain led to huge swathes of Swords and Fingal being without water for days earlier this week. Schools, businesses, and childcare facilities had to close for a number of days because of the outage which was difficult to resolve. Many areas suffered two days without water with a number on higher ground left…
The much loved Swords Castle Christmas Market returns this weekend. The market will be open this Saturday and Sunday from 11am-6pm and the same again the following weekend (3rd-4th December). There will be a variety of food, drinks, arts and crafts, for sale to help you kick off the Christmas Season and get some presents…
The Liam Rodgers Community Centre, in the Swords Enterprise Park, is being used as accomodation again following the recent rise in people escaping the war in Ukraine. From April until September of this year the centre was used to accommodate Ukrainians but as other accommodation came on stream it was returned to its normal use.…
Some 19 trees in estates in Swords will be cut down by the end of January. Various reasons have been given for the removals and they included the trees being dead/diseased or causing structural damage to walls or footpaths. The list of locations are given in the image below. Cllr Ian Carey said: “Under the…
The annual Swords Castle Christmas Market will take place over two weekends starting later this month. The market will happen on Saturday November 26th and Sunday November 27th and the following weekend Saturday December 3rd and Sunday December 4th. It usually runs from 11am to 6pm with an outdoor market and some indoor entertainment and…