February 20th 2026

NEWS
Fionan O’Connor – Air traffic controller 3
News Briefs 5
Road closures 7

COVER
Human remains on Shenick Island 8-9

FEATURES
Forget-me-nots Valentine party 4,18,26
St Francis Hospice Coffee Morning 8,19,21
Clean ups after the storm 10
Review: Skerries Theatre – Beauty Queen of Leenane 11
Skerries Meals on Wheels 12
Frank Whearity – Royal Historical member 13
Storm pics 14-15
Submissions for swimming pool 16-17
Aoife Woodcock in short film 18
Terry Conlon’s maritime book 19
Skerries Historical Society 20

REGULARS
Paul Hopkins 4
What’s On 22- 23
Skerries Dog – Teddy 24
Planning 25
Manchild – David Diebold 26

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

COVER PHOTO
Aonghus Lynch at the site on Shenick Island where human remains were discovered Photo: Shane Holland

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
Gerry Canning, Jake Guildea, Shane Holland, Paul Hopkins, Mary O’Dwyer, Oona Roycroft, Skerries Active Retirement, Skerries Tidy Towns, Emma Templeton, Conor Walsh, Ray Watts