April 19th 2024

NEWS
Tasty Banda – innocent victim 3,7
News Briefs 5,6
Skerries Summer Festival is back 8
New ear clinic opens 11

COVER STORY
Alan Ryan’s portrait of his parents 14-17

FEATURES
Skerries Historical Society talk 6
Gig for Gaza 8,26
Skerries Theatre preview: Art 10
Shane Holland’s wind farm concerns 12-13
Skerries Community Garden 16- 17
Kieran McGuinness’s new band: Driven Snow 17
Kevin O’Sullivan’s ‘Big Dream Little Boat’ 18
Skerries Girls rugby 20

REGULARS
Paul Hopkins 4
Skerries mam – Karen Power 21
What’s On 22-23
Skerries Dogs – Miss Dionne Warwick and Miss Meggles 24
Tides 25
Planning 25
Classifieds 25
Manchild – David Diebold 26

EDITORS
David and Emily Diebold – [email protected]

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
Jake Guildea, Shane Holland, Paul Hopkins, Kevin O’Malley, Karen Power, Kevin O’Sullivan, Oona Roycroft, Alan Ryan, Una Wall, Des Whyte

COVER IMAGE
Alan Ryan’s portrait of his parents Margaret and Hugh Fitzgerald Ryan