Care & Repair Service for the Elderly

If you are over 65 years of age and have a small repair job that you would like help with then the Blanchardstown Area Partnership and Age Action Ireland can help you through their new Care and Repair Programme. For jobs they cannot do they can put you in contact with a reliable trades person.

 The Service was Launched by Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton, BAP Chairperson Councillor Kieran Dennison and Claire Bellis from Age Action Ireland.

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Quinn Insurance staff face job cuts.

An email from the administrator this afternoon to the staff of Quinn Insurance suggests that not all the jobs there are viable.




Dear All

We welcome the Financial Regulator's decision yesterday to allow limited re-entry to  the UK market for provisional drivers. This re-entry is only in some of the areas in the business plan that was submitted to the Financial Regulator. We will continue as a matter of urgency to liaise with the Financial Regulator in relation to other UK business lines submitted in the business plan and will keep you updated accordingly.

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The Blanchardstown Centre

Blanchardstown is a major Town within the Dublin Metropolitan Area and will continue to be developed as the largest urban settlement in the County and as a social, cultural and local tourism centre. The lands that comprise the Town Centre total 35 hectares.  Green Property has transformed the original greenfield out of town site into the thriving, bustling Town Centre that it is today. The company project managed the zoning, planning, infrastructure, and construction of the entire development.

Today the Town Centre includes 1.25 million sq. ft. of retail and retail warehousing, 250,000 sq.ft. of offices, cinemas, Draiocht theatre, Fingal County Council library, Crowne Plaza hotel and residential. A masterplan has been agreed with all relevant statutory bodies that map out a potential future development pipeline in excess of 1.5 million sq. ft.
The Blanchardstown Centre Website

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