August 29th 2025

NEWS
Mathilde Mullins goes viral 3,6
News Briefs 5
Shenick Rd roadworks 7
Voices for Gaza 8
Repairing our windmills 9

COVER STORY
Mosaic celebrating May McGee’s historic court case 10-11

FEATURES
First Day at St Patrick’s JNS 4,7,21
Skerries Community College Leaving Cert results 12
Skerries Courses, Classes & Clubs 2025- 2026 13-18
Scouts awards 19
Skerries writers, Anna Merritt and Deborah Wiseman’s IMRO nomination 23
Sustainable Skerries – making Skerries greener 20
Play review – Forgetting by Tom Tierney 21

REGULARS
Paul Hopkins 4
What’s On 26-27
Skerries Dog – Fluffy 28
Tides 29
Planning 29
Manchild – David Diebold 30

COVER PHOTO
May McGee – the woman who won her case to make contraception legal in Ireland. Photo: Emily Diebold

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
Paul Hopkins, Eibhlín Kearns, Sabine McKenna, Kevin McLoughlin, Kevin O’Malley, Sandra O’Sullivan

SKERRIES NEWS IS EDITED BY:
David and Emily Diebold – [email protected]