After a marathon 10-hour meeting Councillors last night agreed Fingal County Council’s 2023 budget of €333m which is an 11% increase on last year.

Fingal County Council’s Recycling Centres, in Estuary Swords and Coolmine, will be accepting combustible materials ONLY free of charge from Wednesday 20th to Saturday 30th October. It should be NOTED the last entry to the Recycling Centres between these dates will be no later than one hour before closing time due to the large volume of vehicles anticipated.

Fingal County Council Libraries Department is delighted to receive a very special donation of 100 children’s books written in the Ukrainian language. The books, suitable for children aged from 0 to 15 years, will be available to borrow from any Fingal Library and it is hoped that they will provide much comfort and joy to Ukrainian Children and their families during their stay in Ireland.

A new collaboration will see academics and researchers in DCU work together with daa and Fingal County Council to develop practical and impactful solutions aimed at making aviation more sustainable and to reduce the environmental impact of the aviation sector on the Fingal region.

Last week, Fingal Libraries presented a series of workshops on the topic of mental health and wellbeing. The following videos are part of the series and are available to view on our YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_6CWbONIz0-YxDP1aTnGiA.

Join John Carpenter to paint a beautiful wild poppies scene. 

In the second part of this French Multilingual Storytelling session, Anais will read us a story in French and English.