Fingal County Council Transportation Dept has agreed to proceed with the "Ballast Pit" pedestrian and cycling path in the short term.  The following is the text given to the local press recently:

"The provision of a proper pedestrian and cyclist path across the Ballast Pit to link the Townsparks Distributor Road to the railway station at Skerries has been an objective of Fingal County Council for some time.  This was recently approved by Fingal County Council as part of the Skerries Traffic Management Scheme Phase 3.  Site excavations are being carried out on site to determine the existing ground conditions in order to complete the design process.

Sustainable Skerries held a meeting on Saturday morning 26th June in the Café at the Skerries Mills (thanks to Ray for accomodating us) to give an update on the current status of the allotments in Skerries and to allow those interested to complete an application form for one of the allotments. More than 70 people attended. We were also fortunate to have Tom Hussey, Parks Superintendant from Fingal Co Co in attendance. Many thanks to Tom for taking time out of his weekend to attend the meeting.

On Monday 21 June 2010 the SCA facilitated a meeting between  Fingal County Council's Parks Department and two local residents who had concerns about the the recent changes to the management of the green area at Townparks.  The meeting was very constructive and the minutes are attached.

The next step is to set up a process whereby residents can express their views about what the Green could/should be like in the future.

It is hoped that a groups of residents will then form to take "ownership" of the Green and work in partnership with the Council as a pilot study for its new "Growing Places" policy. This should lead to good outcomes for everyone concerned.

Chapterhouse Theatre Company (see link on our *Skerries Summer Events" list on the left) is staging two "Shakespeare in the Park" performances in July.

The first is "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" on 2nd July 2010 in Malahide Castle.

The second is more local: "Much Ado about Nothing" on 16th July 2010, in Ardgillan Castle at 7.30 pm. The grounds will be open for picnics from 6.30 pm. and patrons are asked to bring their own rugs or low-backed seating.

Tickets are available from Balbriggan Library now for the Ardgillan performance and will be available in Skerries Library (849 1900) from 23rd or 24th June.

See attached notice of results for samples taken on Monday this week ( 14/6). They show that the bathing water quality at South Beach, Springers and Captains is meeting  Blue Flag standard.
The sample from the North Beach showed the water quality to be of Sufficient quality i.e. meeting the mandatory standard but not good enough to meet the Blue Flag standard.