Revamped Ballymun set to get €1m CCTV system

THE one-time notorious housing estate of Ballymun is to get €1 million in public money to install CCTV as part of regeneration plans.

The north Dublin suburb, formerly a byword for bad planning and social deprivation, is undergoing an ambitious transformation into a new town.

In recent years the infamous tower blocks synonymous with the area have been pulled down while new homes, parks, arts centres, social and sports clubs have sprung up.