Rush Community Celebrates Another Successful Let’s Play Rush Event

Work on the Rathmore Park Recreational Sports Hub, Lusk will commence on 24th of August 2026. 

The works will include:

• Bulk earthworks, drainage, watermain installation and GNI gas main diversion works.
• A new 8-lane floodlit athletics track to World Athletics (IAAF) specification.
• New all-weather synthetic soccer pitch and GAA training pitch.
• Covered cycle parking, EV charging provisions, car park extension and associated landscaping works.

Following notification from Uisce Éireann of overflow incidents at the Portmarnock Strand Pump Station late yesterday evening (19 August), a Do Not Swim notice has been issued for Velvet Strand, Portmarnock

The 3rd annual Fingal Sports Festival welcomed thousands of Fingal residents to Malahide Castle & Gardens on 9 August. Attendees partook in a variety of sports and activities ranging from rugby and basketball to weightlifting, disc golf, and GAA handball. A total of 25 Sport Ireland National Governing Bodies represented their sport at the festival, which provided the Fingal community with endless free sporting opportunities at none other than Dublin’s biggest sports activity day.

In keeping with circular economy principles, Fingal County Council supports and promotes clothes swaps as an effective way to tackle fast fashion. 

The Rubbish Film Festival empowers young people to create impactful short films that spotlight environmental challenges and drive meaningful change. 

The Anti-Graffiti Creative Sustainability Programme is a participatory arts programme for secondary school students in Fingal. Through discussion, creative exercises and practical art-making, students explore graffiti, community identity, environmental awareness and positive forms of self-expression. 

Help bridge some of the gaps that exist around climate literacy education by booking a free workshop sponsored by Fingal County Council, with Education for Sustainability. These workshops are ideal for 1st year and TYs in secondary schools and 4th - 6th class in primary schools. 

The Rediscovery Centre’s Education Programme offer workshops that link to the curriculum through a range of subjects. Their education workshops for primary and secondary level cover a variety of environmental and STEM topics and connect to the Sustainable Development Goals. 

An Taisce, in partnership with Local Authorities, coordinates the national Green-Schools Programme, Ireland's leading environmental management and education programme for schools. Green-Schools is a student-led initiative that promotes long-term environmental action across the whole school community, involving students, teachers, staff, parents and the wider community.