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The bathing season ended on the 15th September, so there won't be Lifeguards on duty and water quality sampling will not take place until 2023.

Fingal Libraries sixth annual Festival of History was officially launched by the Mayor of Fingal, Cllr. Howard Mahony, at Swords Castle and will run from Monday 10th to Saturday 15th October 2022 across a number of Fingal Library branches and will culminate in the History at the Castle Day at Swords Castle on Saturday 15th October.

ESB and Fingal County Council came together this week to officially launch the ESB eBike pilot project across three Fingal locations in conjunction with leading micro-mobility provider Bleeper, research partner Trinity College Dublin, innovation partner Dogpatch Labs and co-funding partner Interreg North-West Europe. 

The Fingal Libraries Twitter account has now been re-activated after an urgent review was conducted.

The EU Commissioner for Cohesion and Reform, Elisa Ferreira, visited Swords Castle this week to view first hand the conversion project that was supported under the European Regional Development Fund through the Southern and Eastern Regional Operational Programme 2014-2020.

A major waste removal operation by Fingal County Council in Finglas has resulted in some 80 tonnes of illegally dumped household and bulky waste being removed to a permitted waste facility for disposal.

New Funding Scheme for Owners of Protected Structures for Engagement of Conservation Accredited Architects open until September 30, 2022.

The Prohibition Do Not Swim Notice that had been in place at Front Strand Balbriggan was removed and replaced with the All Season Advisory on September 15th.The following table gives full details of results of sampling from the beginning of the bathing season and is followed by some background information to give context to the decision making regarding the Prohibition Notice in place from July 26th to September 15th.

Echo’s Bones is an ambitious two-year collaborative filmmaking project, led by artist Sarah Browne, with a group of autistic young people, in north county Dublin, commissioned by Fingal County Council under the Infrastructure 2017 – 2021 Public Art Programme and will be launched on October 8th 2022.

Fingal County Councils Climate Action Team ran a number of online and in person events across Fingal as part of the wider Dublin Climate Action Week (DCAW).