March 3rd 2023

In your packed Mar 3rd issue:

NEWS
Skerries spinal injury patient Matt Murphy’s momentous trip to the ski slopes 3,12
News Briefs 5,6
Skerries Sea Memorial in need of urgent repair after ten years 6
Last chance to enter Skerries St Patrick’s Parade 7
Photos as new all-weather pitch goes down 10
RNLI seeks volunteers for position 10
We were there as sixty attend Ballygossan road safety meeting 16
Parade road closures 20

COVER STORY
Seventy new fruit trees to be planted: when, where, why 8-9

FEATURES
Bernie’s legacy: annual coffee morning for hospice photos 5,11,19,20
Elements Beauty first birthday party 7,16,12,13
Bobby O’Grady’s Red Island Holiday Camp memories 14-15
Save The Date: Three Island Challenge 18
Knot of the Heart bows out for marathon short play season 19

REGULARS
Paul Hopkins 4
Skerries mam – Karen Power 21
What’s On 22-23
Skerries Dog – ‘Wendy’ 24
Tides 25
Planning 25
Classifieds 25
Manchild: David Diebold 26

EDITORS
David and Emily Diebold
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THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
Paul Hopkins, Seamus MacLoughlan, Cait O’Donoghue, Hugh Oram, Sabine McKenna, Karen Power, Bobby O’Grady, Hans Zomer

COVER PHOTO
Detail of aerial photo by Mark Broderick