Swords

Fingal County Council has completed a new social housing scheme at Holymount, just off the Rathbeale Road, in Swords with tenants expected to move into their new homes shortly.

The upgrade of the Rathbeale Road in Swords has been officially opened by the Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Eoghan O’Brien.The road, which is part of the R125 Swords to Ashbourne route, has been reopened to traffic since March 20 but, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the planned official opening could not take place. Instead, a simple ceremony to unveil a commemorative stone, was held.

Fingal County Council has been awarded ISO 50001 certification for its Energy Management System by Certification Europe.

Fingal Libraries will be reopening on Monday next (June 8) with a ‘Contact and Collect’ service which will allow members avail of a simple process to borrow books, DVDs and other materials from their nearest library branch while adhering to public health guidelines.

Irish Water is working in partnership with Fingal County Council to carry out essential maintenance works at Swords Wastewater Treatment Plant impacting customers in Swords until Friday 12 June.

The first play performed in Swords Castle is heading for America in what is a tremendous boost for the potential of the Swords Cultural Quarter to deliver a positive platform for the arts in Fingal.

Water outages and disruption is set to affect several areas of Fingal in the coming days due to emergency repairs and essential works.

Mayor of Fingal Cllr Eoghan O’Brien kicked off the series by encouraging young people to keep active and demonstrating his own ‘keepy-uppy’ football skills, in a video accessible at https://bit.ly/3bWhKFk – followed by a Twitter challenge to all Fingal councillors

Fingal County Council’s Arts Office will be the first in Ireland to deliver a coaching support programme for artists and arts organisations on responding to and working within the changed landscape of Covid-19.

The Fingal County Council Public Planning Counter has reopened. See full details below.