July 10th 2026

NEWS Deirdre Walsh makes the Irish Basketball Team 3,7 News Briefs 5 Tragedy at Skerries 100 Road Races 6 RNLI rescue 6 Electricity pole fires on Church St 7 Maeve McGann wins Jim Quigley Award 9 COVER Two Skerries Film sets – New Nations and I’m Fine 8, 17 FEATURES Women on the Water Day at Skerries Sailing club 4,12, 26 PULL OUT POSTER: Skerries Rockpool Life 13-16 Skerries Community Association AGM 18-19 30 years of Twin Towns 20 How safe are smart phones for kids? 21 Classic motor bikes 23 REGULARS What’s On 22-23 Skerries Dog – Brodie Gannon 24 Planning 25 Tides 25 Manchild – David Diebold 26 SKERRIES NEWS IS EDITED BY: David and Emily Diebold – editor@skerriesnews.ie COVER PHOTO Gavin Hughes and Barry O’Sullivan on the set of New Nations at Skerries Mills Photo: David Diebold THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS Mark Broderick, Claire Conlon, Jennifer Dawson, Brendan Friel, Getty Images, Ollie Grimes, Paul Hopkins, Michael Fay McKenna, Pacemaker Press, Skerries Sailing Club