The ''Ballymun Concrete News'' was officially launched in October 2001, the ''Concrete News'' was a one-man-operated free newspaper that circulated to 20,000 homes on the

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, the paper ceased trading in 2006 due to poor advertising revenue, which according to editor and owner Seamus Kelly was exacerbated by the delay in the delivery of the promised new local shopping centre.

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