Tuesday, February 19th

Posts Tagged ‘boxing club’

Ballybeg reeling following Boxing Club arson attack

Barty Simpson, a founder member of the club surveying the scene of the fire. | Photo: Noel Browne
Published on Thursday, February 12th, 2015 at 12:46 pm
he close-knit community of Ballybeg is continuing its efforts to rebuild, following a second night of arson attacks and other crime last Monday (January 26th) in which St Saviours Boxing Club suffered extensive damage. Garda were patrolling the Ardmore Park area when they heard a faint sound of an alarm going off, at around 3.10am. [...]

Ballybeg shall rebuild “bit by bit”

The Garda cordon at St Saviours Boxing Club in the wake of last week's arson attack.
Published on Tuesday, February 10th, 2015 at 5:44 pm
The Ballybeg Bit by Bit Foundation – a committee set up to fundraise in aid of three local facilities destroyed in recent arson attacks – has called on Sports Minister Paschal Donohue to visit their community and pledge his support for the rebuild effort. Chair of the fundraising group Willie Moore said the damage is still [...]