News in Swords

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  Driving without insurance fine

  A 21-year-old Rush man was fined €350 after he admitted at Balbriggan District Court to driving without insurance....

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Flavours of Fingal to boast the best in food and farming

  FOR THE first time in Dublin, the Flavours of Fingal Show will combine the sights and sounds of an agricultural show with an unforgettable food and family fun experience. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Club 'devastated' as vandals burn down equipment shed

  GLEBE North soccer club in Balbriggan have been dealt a bitter blow by vandals. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Sewage plant will be located at site deemed 'best for project'

  THE project engineer on the controversial project to bring a giant regional sewage plant to Fingal says that the three preferred sites for the plant will be narrowed to one. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Tributes paid to Swords garda

  A POPULAR and highly regarded Garda officer from Swords Garda Station has been laid to rest in his native Galway after his tragic death. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  New cemetery officially opened

  A NEW cemetery at Flemington in Balbriggan has been officially opened with more than 200 graves available in the first phase of the development. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Elderly increasingly living in fear

  ELDERLY people in Fingal are increasingly living in fear and need to feel the county is a safer place for them to live in. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Unaccompanied learner driver had no insurance

  A MAN who was stopped driving on a provisional licence with no accompanying driver had no insurance at the time, Balbriggan District Court has heard. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Green light for 103 homes in Hacketstown

  ONE OF the largest residential developments to be approved since the recession hit has been given planning permission for Hacketstown in Skerries where 103 homes are to be built by Noonan Construction. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Special NAMA mortgages offered on 29 Naul homes

  SO-CALLED 'negative equity mortgages' are being offered on 29 properties in the Naul that make up about a quarter of the properties on offer under the same terms nationwide as part of a new NAMA scheme. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Depressed 'victim of the recession' became drugs mule

  A ' VICTIM of the recession' became a drugs mule after she found an advert to make ' easy money' on a website, a court has heard. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Three possible sites under consideration for new plant

  COMMUNITIES in Lusk, Loughshinny and Ballyboughal will be waking up this morning to news that their area is more likely than ever to house a giant regional sewage plant after nine possible sites for the controversial project were narrowed down to th...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Drugs charge ruins teen's hope of going to Australia

  A TEENAGER who was found with ketamine and ecstacy tablets at a music festival at a Dundalk hotel last year has ruined his chances of going to Australia after a fine was imposed on him for drugs possession. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Council willing to meet businesses about rates

  THE council is willing to meet with representatives of the business community in Swords who says local authority rates are killing their businesses. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  School to feature on TV programme

  RTE'S CAMERAS have just finished filming for two days at a Balbriggan secondary school following the students on a unique bird conservation project. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Community 'horrified' over sewage plant

  A SPOKESPERSON for Lusk Wastewatchers said his community will be ' horrified' at news that two of the three preferred sites for the controversial giant regional sewage plant are close to the north Fingal village. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Man charged in relation to Limerick brothels

  A MAN with an address in Malahide has been charged with keeping a brothel in Limerick City. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Council defends response to leaks

  THE council said it deployed 'every resource available' to restore water supply to a siginficant portion of Swords when work to repair a mains fracture proved hugely complex. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  Report on speed readers

  THE COUNCIL is currently putting together a report on speeds recorded by speed readers around the Malahide/howth electoral area. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details

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  End in sight for Portrane Road users

  AN end is in sight for frustrated motorists using the Portrane Road, which has been left badly damaged by works related to a new treatment plant in the area. ...

  Date: 15th May 2012 Full details