May 26th 2023

NEWS
Five new sculptures in Skerries 3,7
News Briefs 5,6
Pigeons on Red Island 6
Trad Music Festival 8
Neil McNamara’s Lyme disease appeal 12

COVER STORY
Sad farewell to Paul Deans, the ‘Lion of Fingal’ 10-11

FEATURES
Patricia Langton’s book launch Stones in my Bones 5,7,21
Bionic Rats 8
Launch of Raygart at the mills 12,23,27
Skerries Summer Camps 13-19
Community Games 20
Ukrainian gardeners at Skerries Community Garden 21
Honouring Maeve McGann 22
RIP Wally Meehan 23
RNLI rescue 24
Skerries Communions 24,30

REGULARS
Paul Hopkins 4
Skerries mam – Karen Power 25
What’s On 26-27
Skerries Dog – Sausage 28
Tides 29
Planning 29
Classifieds 29
Manchild – David Diebold 30

EDITORS
David and Emily Diebold – [email protected]

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
2Tanks Photography, John Coleman, Jessica Diebold, Pat Halpin, Paul Hopkins, Jane Landy, Kevin O’Keeffe, Seána Ó Rodaigh, Karen Power, Skerries RNLI

COVER PHOTO
Paul Deans, as we knew him, in his cycling gear

HOW TO CONTACT US
email [email protected].
Tel 01849 0629