July 10th 2026

NEWS
Deirdre Walsh makes the Irish Basketball Team 3,7
News Briefs 5
Tragedy at Skerries 100 Road Races 6
RNLI rescue 6
Electricity pole fires on Church St 7
Maeve McGann wins Jim Quigley Award 9

COVER
Two Skerries Film sets – New Nations and I’m Fine 8, 17

FEATURES
Women on the Water Day at Skerries Sailing club 4,12, 26
PULL OUT POSTER: Skerries Rockpool Life 13-16
Skerries Community Association AGM 18-19
30 years of Twin Towns 20
How safe are smart phones for kids? 21
Classic motor bikes 23

REGULARS
What’s On 22-23
Skerries Dog – Brodie Gannon 24
Planning 25
Tides 25
Manchild – David Diebold 26

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

COVER PHOTO
Gavin Hughes and Barry O’Sullivan on the set of New Nations at Skerries Mills Photo: David Diebold

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
Mark Broderick, Claire Conlon, Jennifer Dawson, Brendan Friel, Getty Images, Ollie Grimes, Paul Hopkins, Michael Fay McKenna, Pacemaker Press, Skerries Sailing Club