Events
Things to do in the week ahead.
Donabate Parish Hall | “Wife after Death” | Donabate Portrane Dramatic Society will perform the play “Wife after Death ” by Eric Chappel in Donabate Parish Hall on the following dates and times: | Thursday 6th November at 20:00, Friday 7th November at 20:00, and Saturday 8th November at 20:00
Malahide Cricket Club | Annual Dinner Dance | Join us for a night of celebration, great food, and even better company! | Sat 8th Nov 19:30
The National Show Centre Swords | Dublin Horror Con 2025 - Dinosaurs at the movies | Sean, the Dino guy, will take us through the best dinosaur horror films made to date, some up and coming contenders, and even a few 'near misses': the utterly bizarre versions of Jurassic Park that we nearly got! | Sat 8th & 9th Nov - opening 12:30pm
Online | Business Support Briefing | Calling all entrepreneurs and small business owners in the Fingal area! Join us for an essential Business Support Briefing from Fingal Local Enterprise Office. | 5th Nov 09:30-11:00
St Sylvester's Church | Wish you were here | A Night of Music in Memory of Those We Lost During the Pandemic | Sun 9th Nov 7:30pm
News
Tracking all the developing stories that affect us.
A new high-power electric-vehicle (EV) charging hub has opened at Swords, Co. Dublin, marking the culmination of a joint programme programme between energy supplier ESB and the Climate Action Fund (CAF) scheme.
Great success for Fingal Groups in 2025 Tidy Towns awards. All the dedicated committees across Fingal received higher scores than in 2024. Skerries was awarded County Second and a Gold Medal, while Malahide was awarded County Third and a Gold Medal. Swords was also awarded a Gold Medal, while Lusk, Rush and Balbriggan all received Bronze medals
Balbriggan Gold Club Partners with Dublin Rural LEADER for Sustainable Grounds Maintenance.
Congratulations to Dervla Arthurs of Ballyboughal for making it to the final of Arnotts Pitch 25. Dervla's baby brand, Snugabugz, designs organic cotton socks and booties that actually stay on little feet. Good luck in the final on Nov 13th Dervla! . Pitch is a business accelerator initiative from Arnotts, created to empower innovative start-ups and entrepreneurs based in Ireland or Northern Ireland, regardless of nationality.
Maxol has signed an 18-month deal with restaurant platform Noahs to offer the freshly prepared food. It will be initially trialed at three of the company's operations in Donabate and Longmile Road, and in Bray, Co Wicklow.
Mary ‘May’ McGee from Skerries: The dignified Irish mother who took on the might of the State and became a feminist icon, died this week aged 81. One of the most important social changes in 20th century Ireland came not from the pen of an activist or the mind of a lawyer, but from the dignified anger of a Dublin housewife. Read her story here.
Civil
Planning decisions, road closures & community notices.
Planning applications & decisions
Glenveagh Homes seeking permission for the construction of 398 new residential dwellings, as part the phase 3 development of Ballymastone, Donabate.
The construction of 398 no. new residential dwellings consisting of 227 no. houses, 47 no. duplex units and 124 no. apartment units
Construction of 3 no. apartment blocks, ranging from 3- to 6-storeys in height, with balconies on all elevations, green roofs, and external communal amenity spaces, providing a total of 124 no. apartment units
(47 no. 1-beds,
68 no. 2-beds,
9 no. 3-beds);
A childcare facility (646 m²)
Glenveagh Homes seeking permission for the construction of 823 new residential dwellings, in Ladywell Balbriggan.
322 no. 2-bedroom house (2 storey),
255 no. 3-bedroom houses (2 storey)
27 no. 4-bedroom houses (house tyres with variants) 2 storey;
204 no. apartments in 7 no. apartment buildings
Open Space (c. 2.38 hectares in the western part of the lands)
Provision of a community pavilion (2 storeys) Provision of a standalone 2 storey creche (c. 530 sq. m)
Road closures & changes planned
Donabate : Roads will be closed from 10:30 am to 2:00 pm on Sunday 16 Nov 2025 for a 4-mile road race
Lusk : Dun Emer Avenue — closure extended until 31 Oct 2025 for further works (24-hour closure, work hours 08:00–18:00)
Ballyboughal : Roscall and Gracedieu Road — full closure 29 Oct to 28 Nov 2025 for a horizontal directional drill under the R129
Balbriggan : Harbour Road & Seapoint Lane Junction — closed 9 Oct to 27 Nov 2025 for resurfacing, with work hours from 08:00 to 18:00
Balbriggan : Link and Harbour Road — closed 16 Jul 2025 to 16 Jan 2026 for road reconstruction and resurfacing Swords : Balheary Road — 50 km/h speed limit imposed to facilitate an Active Travel Scheme, from 2 Apr 2025 to 1 Apr 2026
Traffic calming plans : ramps, signage etc Portrane Road (Donabate), Gaelscoil Na Mara, Cianlea (Swords), Holywell (Swords) and Flemington Lane (Balbriggan)