August 14th 2026

NEWS
Masters Hockey World Cup 3,11
News Briefs 5
Fire in Ballyboughal 6
Poetry Festival 8

COVER STORY
Harbour empties as Gardaí enforce drink ban 8-9

FEATURES
Skerries Community College Debs 4,5,10,27,30
Downside Games 10
Golf cheque 11
Aishling Spillane’s tag rugby 12
Floraville Hospice fundraiser 13
Currachs 14
Skerries Courses, Classes and Clubs 2026 15- 20
Showboat memories 21
Skerries Community Garden 22
Prosper Summer Fair 22
Skerries AC 23
Skerries Golf – PJ Griffith Intercup 24
Book Launch – Patch the Teddybear 25

REGULARS
Paul Hopkins 4
What’s On guide 26-27
Skerries Dogs – Belle 28
Planning 29
Tides 29
David Diebold 30

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

COVER PHOTO
Skerries Harbour, now empty of people with the new Gardaí enforcment of the drinking ban. Photo: Emily Diebold

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
Orlagh Bowers, Dublin Fire Brigade, Gerard Grimes, Shane Holland, Paul Hopkins, Ken Jones, Roisin Macken Price, Áine Martin, Robert McGuinness, Sabine McKenna, Hilary Peoples, Garrett White/Collins