Ballymun
Suburb in Dublin, IrelandWikipedia
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Sep 16, 2026
Rory HearnHOST
We, there's a, there is a need that communities are safe and that children can be safe, you know, not just children, but individuals, you know, as Tony was talking about there.
Rory HearnHOST
you know, the communities that I represented, Finglas and Ballymun, you know, a child, you know, there was a horrific, tragic loss of Grace Lynch.
Rory HearnHOST
You know, she was just a child walking to school, walking to meet her boyfriend and knocked down and killed.
Rory HearnHOST
And then there was a child in Ballymun who picked up a gun, loaded gun in a playground that had been left there.
Rory HearnHOST
And you know, we see this reality.
Rory HearnHOST
It's also been experienced by communities that isn't spoken about, you know, in the media at all.
Rory HearnHOST
Like, and there's, you know, an ongoing feud in Ballymun at the moment.
Rory HearnHOST
You know, when I was talking to someone the other day, they were saying, you know, a car was set alight in one of the estates and their children were having to literally, you know, they were trying to keep them calm during the night.
SineadCORRESPONDENT
It's in the left lane there.
SineadCORRESPONDENT
And we have reports of a collision as well on the M50 northbound at junction 4 Ballymun.
SineadCORRESPONDENT
It's in the central median.
SineadCORRESPONDENT
Elsewhere, it's slow now, heading in on the Merrion Road between the Aylesbury Road junction and Balls Bridge.
Colette ShannonGUEST
They do look after me, like, you know.
Colette ShannonGUEST
Well, they just call me the legend of Ballymun.
Colette ShannonGUEST
That's me name.
Colette ShannonGUEST
It's a legend.
Colette ShannonGUEST
Get up.
Colette ShannonGUEST
The legend
Ray D'ArcyHOST
from Ballymun.
Ray D'ArcyHOST
I'm here with the legend of Ballymun in a really well-kept kitchen.
Emma O'LearyGUEST
... be straight.
Emma O'LearyGUEST
Like, I worked in, I worked in Ballymun for many years in the north inner city, and I absolutely loved my jobs in both places, and that would've been when the boys, when I, before I had the boys and when they were small.
Aisling KeenanHOST
Mm.
Emma O'LearyGUEST
And I just noticed, like, a, a gradual decline, like, over from when I would've started, like, working as a therapist clinically.
Joe McGuckinHOST
Let's talk about the Nazis for a minute.
Joe McGuckinHOST
Did you know the Nazis built Ballymun?
speaker_1UNKNOWN
That's true.
speaker_1UNKNOWN
Well, I mean, not.
Joe McGuckinHOST
They gave us loads of money.
Joe McGuckinHOST
The Germans gave us loads of money.
Joe McGuckinHOST
And with that money, we built the Ballymun Towers.
Joe McGuckinHOST
So there you go.
Willa WhiteHOST
There was apple flavour, there was strawberry flavour, just an ordinary mint flavour.
Eric LalorHOST
And back then as well, like, in the vans in Ballymun, obviously we had the shopping centre when we had a shopping centre, but when they regenerated it, they never gave us a shopping centre in Ballymun.
Eric LalorHOST
But I remember, like, the milk used to get delivered to the vans, obviously, and the Johnson Mooney and O'Brien used to come down, Buttercrust, Brennan's, you know, whatever bread it was.
Eric LalorHOST
But I remember, as a kid...
Rory HearnHOST
We, there's a, there is a need that communities are safe and that children are can be safe, you know, not just children, but individuals.
Rory HearnHOST
You know, as Tony was talking about there, you know, the communities that I represented, Finglas and Ballymun, you know, a child, you know, there was a horrific, tragic loss of Grace Lynch.
Rory HearnHOST
You know, she was just a child walking to school, walking to meet her boyfriend and knocked down and killed.
Rory HearnHOST
And then there was a child in Ballymun who picked up a gun loaded gun in a playground that had been left there.
Rory HearnHOST
And, you know, we see this reality.
Rory HearnHOST
It's also been experienced by communities that isn't spoken about, you know, in the media at all.
Rory HearnHOST
Like, and there's, you know, an ongoing feud in Ballymun at the moment.
Rory HearnHOST
You know, when I was talking to someone the other day, they were saying, you know, a car was set alight in one of the estates and their children were having to Literally, you know, they were trying to keep them calm during the night.
EimearHOST
It's currently blocking the second lane and the central median.
EimearHOST
There's also that collision still on the M50 northbound between junction 5, Finglas, and junction 4, Ballymun, which is blocking lane three and lane four.
EimearHOST
Services are on the scene, as is on this.
EimearHOST
There's also a collision on the M50 southbound after junction 4, Ballymun, which is blocking the li- the right lane with services on the scene there.
EimearHOST
Otherwise, it's very busy on the N3 from Honard on the approach to the M50, and Coolock Lane is heavy, too.
Catherine ThomasHOST
Thank you.
Rory HearnHOST
We, there's a, there is a need that communities are safe and that children are can be safe, you know, not just children, but individuals.
Rory HearnHOST
You know, as Tony was talking about there, you know, the communities that I represented, Finglas and Ballymun, you know, a child, you know, there was a horrific, tragic loss of Grace Lynch.
Rory HearnHOST
You know, she was just a child walking to school, walking to meet her boyfriend and knocked down and killed.
Rory HearnHOST
And then there was a child in Ballymun who picked up a gun loaded gun in a playground that had been left there.
Rory HearnHOST
And, you know, we see this reality.
Rory HearnHOST
It's also been experienced by communities that isn't spoken about, you know, in the media at all.
Rory HearnHOST
Like, and there's, you know, an ongoing feud in Ballymun at the moment.
Rory HearnHOST
You know, when I was talking to someone the other day, they were saying, you know, a car was set alight in one of the estates and their children were having to Literally, you know, they were trying to keep them calm during the night.
Fiona FrawleyHOST
That's a disgrace.
Fiona FrawleyHOST
So if you want to go to Ballymun or St. Margaret's, let's say, you're going to have to go there a different way around.
speaker_1NARRATOR
So do bear that in mind now if you're setting out.
Fiona FrawleyHOST
If you're going to the Irish Open in Doonbeg, you can't drive there.
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