We were so encouraged by the turnout for our 2025 Annual Meeting! All seats were filled that night. Our various team leads reported on a very busy year, and gave some tasters for the year ahead: Biodiversity projects, walks and talks, our open orchards project, the beach toy box, summer camp, submissions made to Fingal County Council and at national level, the Skerries Eco Festival and and and… (Subscribe to our newsletter to stay in the loop with what’s going on!)

Skerries Eco Town Booklet Launch

The Skerries Eco Town Booklet was launched on the night as well. It was made possible through the support of the Progressive Credit Union and Gerry’s Fresh Food. The booklet has lots of tips for individuals, families, householders including information from many local groups such as Skerries Tidy Towns, Skerries Cycling Initiative, Skerries Sustainable Energy Community, Skerries Community Centre and of course our umbrella organisation, the Skerries Community Association – SCA, as well as BirdWatch Ireland Fingal, the Stream Huggers and the Skerries Mills Community Garden.

And it looks beautiful, with illustrations by Niamh Sharkey throughout. Edited by committee member Sara Reddy. If you haven’t been lucky enough to receive one through the letterbox (we were able to cover about 900 Skerries households this way), you can pick up a copy at Skerries Community Centre (reception) and at the Skerries library.

What an energising guest speaker!

Adrian Kelly, part of the Skerries Sustainable Energy Community Initiative, held the full attention of his audience during his talk on “Sustainable Energy and You: Production and Consumption of Electricity in Ireland – Towards a Sustainable Energy Future.”

There was such good feedback, and there were so many interested questions following his talk that he promised us a written version, which we will publish on our website as soon as we get it. Thank you, Adrian!

Our new chair, Katie Lattimore

We are delighted to introduce our new chair, Katie Lattimore, at the Annual Meeting. Katie took over the reins from Sabine McKenna, who had been chair for the previous 4.5 years, in early February. Katie writes:

I’m excited to introduce myself as the new chair of Sustainable Skerries.  As I step into this role, I am filled with enthusiasm and a deep sense of responsibility to support the continuation of the exemplary work already completed by the committee and its supporters. 

A little about me: I grew up in Loughshinny and now live in Skerries with my husband and son. I am currently on maternity leave from my job as a paediatric physiotherapist. I’ve always had a passion for the environment and for the outdoors, and I have a keen interest in exploring ways to minimize my negative impact on the planet. This passion has led me here, where I have the privilege of contributing to our efforts to make a meaningful difference in our community.

I look forward to working alongside such a passionate group of individuals, and I’m excited to see what we can achieve together. I want to sincerely thank the outgoing chair, Sabine, for all the wonderful work she has done while holding the position and for her words of encouragement in my volunteering for the role. We are so lucky that Sabine will be continuing work on her other ongoing projects on the committee. 

Please feel free to reach out if you have any ideas or questions – I’m always open to hearing from you.

Here’s to a green and sustainable Skerries!

Katie

Katie, as well as the Sustainable Skerries committee as such, can be reached at sustainableskerries@gmail.com