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Darndale Community Fair is a window on local opportunity

Residents of Belcamp, Darndale and Moatview can enjoy a vibrant Community Fair on Wednesday May 15 at Darndale Belcamp Village Centre. Running from 12.00 to 4.00pm at Village Centre campus, the event will showcase local services, supports and opportunities within the community. 

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US Government validates Irish parenting programme

A parenting programme designed to help families in a north Dublin suburb, has gained international recognition and is the first and only Irish initiative of its kind endorsed by US authorities. ‘Preparing for Life’ is a plan produced by Northside

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Call to Darndale school leavers for Northside Partnership Apprenticeship Fair

Darndale school leavers have been urged to attend an apprenticeship fair. Northside Partnership’s Apprenticeship Fair will see employers and training providers highlight the vast array of programmes available locally. It takes place on Tuesday, March 12 at Northside Civic Centre,

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Darndale joins Barcelona and Milan in urban forest initiative

The Dublin suburb of Darndale has today (Friday, December 1) become the location of a new innovative ‘urban forest’ as part of an EU funded city tree-planting initiative. It has joined Milan, Barcelona and the Romanian city of Brasov as

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Kilmore/Priorswood Sláintecare Healthy Communities launched

Kilmore/Priorswood was launched as a Sláintecare Healthy Community site by Cllr. Dearbháil Butler on Wednesday, with the initiatives aim to deliver increased health and wellbeing services across the area. Introduced nationally in 2021, Sláintecare Healthy Communities is a Cross-Government initiative

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Made in Darndale Festival returns bigger and better than ever!

Following on from a hugely successful debut in 2022, Made in Darndale, the North Dublin Summer Arts Festival returns this May, running from the 26th to the 28th of the month! Darndale will once again be filled with music, dance,

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Huge turnout for second ‘Darndale Another Way 5K’

Hundreds of runners of all abilities, and their families and friends, descended on Darndale Park for the second annual ‘Get The Message Out Darndale Another Way 5K’on Saturday last. Darndale’s famous community spirit was again to the fore at the

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Hundreds expected for second ‘Darndale Another Way 5K’

Hundreds of runners of all abilities, and their families, are to descend on Darndale Park for the second annual ‘Get The Message Out Darndale Another Way 5K’on Saturday, April 29 at 11.00am. Darndale’s famous community spirit will again be to

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Major local input in to new Darndale playground

There has been a warm local welcome for the new playground at Darndale Park, which has been delivered in consultation with the community. The playground provides a range of facilities which will encourage and support active play for children. Features

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Top marks for Darndale in mid-term review of Placed-Based Leadership Development Programme

The work of a Darndale programme which aims to tackle complex economic and social problems by developing leaders within communities, has been praised by a Government minister who visited the area this week. Minister of State at the Department of

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‘Darndale Together After Dark’ brings fright and fun to community

Darndale’s biggest and best ever Halloween family event brought fright, fun and colour to the area. ‘Darndale Together After Dark,’ presented by Darndale Together and supported by Creative Places Darndale, was held at the Darndale Belcamp Village Centre and was

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Introducing…Darndale Together After Dark!

This Halloween you are all invited to – Darndale Together After Dark, in association with Creative Places Darndale! Come along to join in this spooktacular event on October 31st in the Darndale Belcamp Village Centre. A evening that promises stranger

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Colour, music and song in Darndale for Culture Night

Culture Night in Darndale brought colour, music, song, stories and wonderful events to the area. Now in its seventeenth year, Culture Night is an annual national public happening, celebrating culture, creativity and the arts. Events in Darndale included dance, music

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Darndale buys-in to O’Tooles Club project to promote Gaelic games

If you were asked to name an area of Dublin where primary school children struggled to name GAA icons such as Stephen Cluxton or Ciarán Kilkenny, you would probably opt for a southside rugby enclave. But with no recent history

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Hundreds descend on Darndale Park for ‘Get The Message Out’ 5K fun run

Darndale’s community spirit was to the fore at a 5K fun run as part of a campaign to steer young people away from addiction and crime. The area was transformed into a hive of life and colour as hundreds of

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‘Made in Darndale’ Festival fills the area with colour, music, song and stories

The first ‘Made in Darndale’ Festival filled the area with colour, music, song, stories and wonderful events at the weekend. The community joined together with local and visiting artists and performers for the biggest celebration Darndale has ever seen, from

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