April 17th 2026

NEWS Job on Lambay Island 3,9 Hazel Doupe on Forbes Europe List 30 under 30 5 News Briefs 5 Fingal Old IRA Easter parade 5,8 Launch of new ‘Legend’ bench on Red Island 12 New businesses opening soon – Top Dog and Alto Coffee 18 COVER Fire at the Man O’War pub 14-15 FEATURES Skerries Rugby Club Race Night 4,9,23,26 John Murphy RIP 10 Whitestown House Writers day 17 Theatre review: Shortcuts 18-19 Skerries Seascouts recruitment campaign 20-21 REGULARS Paul Hopkins 4 What’s On 22-23 Skerries Dog – Milo 24 Planning 25 Manchild – David Diebold 26 SKERRIES NEWS IS EDITED BY: David and Emily Diebold – editor@skerriesnews.ie COVER PHOTO Firemen putting out the fire at the Man O’War pub. Photo: Emily Diebold THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS Jessica Diebold, Shane Fennessy, Zoryana Greskiv, Jake Guildea, Paul Hopkins, Tommy Kavanagh, Fin Nugent, Pat Nugent, Paul O’Brien, Henry Silke