March Mid 2013

NEWS
Wicker Ball at Mills 6
Skerries Athletes win Gold 6
Opening of Indian on Strand St 12

COVER STORY
New Taxi Rank controversy 4

FEATURES
Italian Camper Vans 8
Brush Shiels in Snug 10
Happy Faces Day 11
Sign-Writer Teddy 12
The new property tax 15
Owl recovers 16
Cricket in Perth 16
Charlie Heasman on local fish supplies 18
Skerries Parade 21
New Lifeboat for Skerries 25
Skerries Fiction – Peter McNally 26
Community Games Art 28
Skerries photographers – the Empty Bench 30
World Book Day at Holmpatrick 32

REGULARS
Letters 22
Poets Corner 27
Tides 19
Planning 33
Shea Kelly’s property column 22
Conor McGloughlin’s receipe column 34
Red Island wine column 35
George Byrne’s DVDs 35
Classifieds 36
Diary 37
Parting Words – David Diebold 38