August 14th 2026

NEWS Masters Hockey World Cup 3,11 News Briefs 5 Fire in Ballyboughal 6 Poetry Festival 8 COVER STORY Harbour empties as Gardaí enforce drink ban 8-9 FEATURES Skerries Community College Debs 4,5,10,27,30 Downside Games 10 Golf cheque 11 Aishling Spillane’s tag rugby 12 Floraville Hospice fundraiser 13 Currachs 14 Skerries Courses, Classes and Clubs 2026 15- 20 Showboat memories 21 Skerries Community Garden 22 Prosper Summer Fair 22 Skerries AC 23 Skerries Golf – PJ Griffith Intercup 24 Book Launch – Patch the Teddybear 25 REGULARS Paul Hopkins 4 What’s On guide 26-27 Skerries Dogs – Belle 28 Planning 29 Tides 29 David Diebold 30 SKERRIES NEWS IS EDITED BY: David and Emily Diebold – editor@skerriesnews.ie COVER PHOTO Skerries Harbour, now empty of people with the new Gardaí enforcment of the drinking ban. Photo: Emily Diebold THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS Orlagh Bowers, Dublin Fire Brigade, Gerard Grimes, Shane Holland, Paul Hopkins, Ken Jones, Roisin Macken Price, Áine Martin, Robert McGuinness, Sabine McKenna, Hilary Peoples, Garrett White/Collins