Dublin suburb awarded silver at LivCom

Ballyfermot has scooped a Silver Award at the finals of the UN endorsed international LivCom contest, officially recognising the Dublin suburb as one of world's "liveable communities".

The Irish entry had reached the finals, in Niagara, Canada, from over 200 hopefuls worldwide and was competing in the heavily contested Category B (population 20,001 to 75,000) amongst a shortlist of 15 .