Farm welcomes a new donkey to its family

DONABATE is celebrating the birth of its newest arrival – and Fingal folk have been invited to help name him.

Maureen retires after giving a lifetime of service

A FINGAL nurse who gave a lifetime of service to patients in the Mater Private Hospital has retired. Maureen McGarvey of Jordanstown, Oldtown spent 40 years working as a Night Sister and more recently a nurse in both the old and new Mater Private hospitals.

All systems go as Educate Together opens in Holywell

IT'S all systems go for Swords' newest school, as it prepares to welcome its first set of pupils this week. After months and years of planning, Holywell Educate Together will begin teaching this Wednesday, September 1st, initially with a single class of junior infants. An open evening drew wide interest from the surrounding community last week, where parents and children got the chance to meet with teacher, Jill O'Reilly, and principal, Maria Boyne.

• Schools hoping it will be last year in temporary buildings

Pub forced to rethink plans for beer garden

THE owners of a Swords pub will have to go back to the drawing board if plans for a new beer garden and smoking area are to be approved. Thomas Smyth and Sons Limited has applied for planning permission to change the use of part of a retail unit to the rear of The Cock Tavern on Main Street into a kitchen and toilet, as well as for the construction of a single-storey beer garden and smoking area. The planned outdoor area will be set out at first floor level, over the existing pub, and will incorporate access from the existing ground and first floor lounge areas, if given the go-ahead, while an associated pergola structure is also proposed.

Gateway to Ireland ready for business

FINGAL'S newest landmark is set to open its doors within two months, offering what the Dublin Airport Authority ( DAA) is calling a modern ' gateway to Ireland'.

• Passengers can look forward to ease and comfort on departure

Developers submit revised housing plan for Swords site

THE developers of a Swords estate, who had plans for its final phase turned down last year, have submitted a revised 180-home layout. Albany Homes is seeking planning permission to construct phase two of the Drinan development on a 4.9 hectare site on the west side of Feltrim Road in Kinsealy.

Club has invested € 80k on land earmarked for disposal

SOME € 80,000 has been invested by Garristown GAA Club in developing playing facilities on lands that could now be transferred to a State agency.

Residents invited to briefing on proposed hazardous ash dump

A PUBLIC meeting to provide information on the proposal for the development of Ireland's first national facility for the treatment of hazardous ash in the Naul is to take place on this Wednesday.

Big Buggy Push record attempt for Barnardos

YOUNGSTERS and parents are being urged to get along to Malahide to take part in an ambitious world record attempt by children's charity Barnardos.