May 15th 2020

NEWS
Mary Clinton’s Letter from her grandson 3,10
News briefs 4-7
Sarah Jane Branagan tribute Pieta Fundraiser 5
Fingal Poetry competition7
Dutch tanker in Skerries 8

COVER STORY
Cocooning with grandparents – Alex Radley O’Toole 12-15

FEATURES
Tay Tobin’s Quiz 5,25
Shane Holland’s visors 9
Fontaines D.C. new album 11
Purple Comet maths champs 17
PULL OUT POSTER Skerries Rockpool Life 20-21
Java the Hut 22-25
Skerries Spoken Word winners 26-27
Twin Towns report 30

REGULARS
Tom Reilly’s column 4
Karen Power’s column 6
Paul Hopkin’s Column 28
Small ads 31
Directory 34
Tides 36
Dog of the Week 37
Dave Diebold’s column 38

EDITORS
David and Emily Diebold – [email protected]

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
Writers: Marie Chapman, Shauna Harris, Paul Hopkins, Patrick Keogh, Michael McDonnell, Karen Power, Tina Radley, Tom Reilly, Caoileann Sexton, Ray Tobin, Liam Thompson
Photographers: Guy Appere, Sergey Bashkirov, Marek Biegalski, Mark Broderick, Shane Holland, Ray Watts

COVER PHOTO:
Alex Radley O’Toole with his grandparents Andrew and Norma Radley – photo by Tina Radley