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Tyres displaying signs of deterioration should be removed and not used on the road. This Irish Road Safety Week, check your tyre tread depth to save lives.

Fingal County Council and ubitricity, a member of the Shell Group, have partnered to test new EV charging options for motorists in Fingal. As part of the joint pilot scheme, ubitricity has recently retrofitted two lamp posts in Malahide village with its EV chargers that are stored inside the post. Fingal County Council will cover the costs of using the chargers during the initial trial, later moving to pay-per-use model.

The country’s longest standing mental health charity invited key community stakeholders to a Think Tank at Balbriggan Library last week to introduce the international mental health movement ‘Thrive’ to the town. The Mayor of Fingal Seána Ó’ Rodaigh and CE of Fingal County Council, AnnMarie Farrelly joined the engagement event on Tuesday, 28th September in the Hamilton Hall of the Library to discuss how the movement can create a happy and healthy community for the people of Balbriggan.

Learn more about initiatives and resources from the Road Safety Authority, designed for teachers and children to use in the classroom.

Irish Road Safety Week is an initiative of the Road Safety Authority (RSA). Fingal County Council’s Road Safety Officer and Active Travel team are joining forces with the RSA to assist them in promoting important messages throughout the week.

Fingal County Council is currently preparing a Social Housing Assessment Summary in accordance with Section 21 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009.

Resort Residency – Revelations Programme returns to the Donabate/Portrane Peninsula from the 8th – 10th of October. Resort Residency is Fingal County Council’s Arts Office's unique artist programme located at Lynders Mobile Home Park, Portrane.

The launch of Fingal’s Keen To Be Green Facilities Project took place at the Clayton Hotel Dublin Airport yesterday. Many representatives from the participating community facilities were present as part of the Fingal Community Facilities Network.  Fingal’s ‘Keen To Be Green’ Project is a collaboration between Fingal County Council’s Community Development Office and Environment Department and the Fingal Community Facilities Network.

This morning marked a special commemoration for the lives of those lost to Covid-19, when Mayor of Fingal Cllr Seána Ó Rodaigh, along with Chief Executive AnnMarie Farrelly, planted a memorial tree in Townpark Swords.

If your organisation is a social enterprise, it may qualify for funding under the Social Enterprise Capital Grants Scheme 2021. A social enterprise is defined below under the National Social Enterprise Policy.