Mountview Centre stalled again:The long-running saga of the building of the Mountview Community Centre appears to have hit yet another hitch. With actual work due to start at the beginning of January, the escalation of a legal dispute over the rights to the land has meant that, yet again, work has been postponed.

Mulhuddart celebrates 5 years of local youth project: Almost 100 people turned up at the Mulhuddart Community Centre recently for the launch of the publication ‘youth@thecentre’, which celebrates five years of Mulhuddart Community Youth Project at the centre.

Gold award for Blanchardstown Youthreach: One of Dublin 15’s most successful youth projects, Blanchardstown Youthreach, was recently awarded the gold level standard Health Quality Mark at a reception in the Department of Education and Science.

Matt Talbot healing mass proposed: The spirit of Matt Talbot is being invoked at a new initiative called ‘Lent-a-Hand’ which takes place at St.Philip’s Church, Mountview starting on 11th February, the first Monday of Lent. It is described as a healing mass for all the pain suffered from problems of alcoholism and other drugs in the community in Dublin 15.