News

Irish Water working in partnership with Fingal County Council is constructing almost 1.5km of new watermain along the Brackenstown road in order to safeguard the water supply to homes and businesses in the area. The works are taking place along Brackenstown Road from the St. Cronans Avenue Junction to the Church Road junction in short sections to minimise impact on customers. Customers may be impacted by disruption to their supply on Thursday 12th from 8am to 5pm.

Local Enterprise Office (LEO) Fingal has announced an exciting new "Shop Fingal" initiative to promote local businesses in the run-up to Christmas. In partnership with Fingal Independent, LEO Fingal will provide paid advertisements for up to 120 businesses, helping them increase visibility while showing that they are open and available for trade.

Fingal County Council have appointed James Oliver Hearty & Sons to carry out conservation works at Stella's Tower and St Catherine's Church Ruins, Portrane.

The Blanchardstown Europe Direct Information Centre in conjunction with Fingal Libraries recently organised a series of online interviews on the topic of explaining the European Green Deal.

Fingal County Council’s Arts Office presents ‘Once Upon a Sound at THE HIDE SCULPTURE’ which sees acclaimed broadcaster Donal Dineen take us on a deep exploration of music in the company of some of the finest music makers in the land. 

James English RHA, an artist from Loughshinny was the awarded the 2020 Fingal County Council Graphic Studio Award.

Next week sees the second Fingal Inclusion Week with over 37 virtual events taking place around the County.

The week, which runs from November 16th to 21st is an initiative of Fingal County Council Community Development Department and the Fingal Public Participation Network.

The grant scheme has been initiated after the Fingal Community Call Forum agreed to allocate funding from the Covid-19 Emergency Fund Scheme to the area of digital poverty.

Fingal County Council Sports Office are launching a pilot HomeFit Programme next Monday 9th November. These free, online classes are open to all levels of ability and will be 30min fitness sessions delivered by qualified coaches for 3 weeks.

This evening from 5pm until 10pm the Halloween animation will take place on the front walls of Swords Castle.  However, due to high winds we have had to decommission the display on North Street.