Summer is upon us and we have exciting news for young people interested in water sports. Surfdock in Grand Canal Dock have offered 12 places on their summer camp valued at €225 each. To be in with a chance, all you have to do is take a photograph that captures the concept of the Grand Canal Basin, Surfdock or watersports in general and send it in to us by hand or email.

Thank you so much to all you crossword enthusiasts for your entries in our last competition which I thought was somewhat harder than usual. My good friend Maureen Smith was the winner and, no, it wasn’t a fix. This time our crossword is much easier so I hope we will have lots of contestants for the €25 gift voucher from Easons.

I have just finished reading ‘Julius Winsome’. It is a strange, beautifully written book and one that I would recommend. We have our usual diverse selection of articles in this issue with John Cavendish keeping us up-to-date on community events, Fergal researching the ongoing situation of our local bus service and Stephanie writing about one of the few remaining corner shops in the area. If you have any stories, pictures or poems you would like us to include please get in touch.

The little poem ‘Think Again’ featured on our Poetry Page is one that my mother often quoted. It is so easy to judge others and speak imprudently: better to ‘hold your whist to cool your porridge’ as Maureen Potter used to say.

See you all at the end of June and enjoy whatever fine weather comes our way in the meantime.
Ann Ingle

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