A legal case concerning the alleged illegal occupation of a former cinema car park in Ballyfermot, owned by Kaifan Ltd, is scheduled to be heard in July. The property ceased screening movies in 1980.

Suspect devices were discovered in a bag outside a retail premises in Cherry Orchard, Dublin, prompting a significant Garda emergency response and a request for the public to avoid the Ballyfermot Road area.

A dispute between the Irish government and Palmerstown Temporary Accommodation, a firm contracted to convert a Ballyfermot industrial estate property for refugee housing, has been settled.

The principal of the City of Dublin Further Education College in Ballyfermot, where three-time Oscar winner Richard Baneham studied, has praised his "outstanding success".

A Garda operation is currently underway in Ballyfermot, south Dublin, after several suspect devices were discovered in a bag outside a shop, leading to a cordon being placed at the scene.

An injunction is being sought over the occupation of a car park at the rear of the former Gala Cinema in Ballyfermot, with the building owner claiming a former tenant and others illegally took possession.