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People reconnecting with their families, their environment and even
We had hoped to include young Simon Harris here too, but, despite repeated
So, we’ve just repeated Simon’s Instagram post from this morning. Sitting pretty alongside the current Minister For Health, Stephen Donnelly, who did somehow manage to find the time, despite the fact that he’s been
Suffice to say, it has been a tough year for many people, and the walk back to the footloose and Covid-free lives we led at the start of 2020 is far from over. But, we’re getting there. And
Fiona Lang Saint Joseph’s #1 Cheerleader
To get some connection back, however small, after being apart for so long is
Paddy Holohan SuperValu Superman
In SuperValu, the phone lines were hopping and the DMs were flooding in. It seemed everyone wanted to help out an older or more vulnerable person in our community whether it be doing their shopping for
Along with Finland, we have the lowest Covid fatality rates in Europe. That
Also, despite the bad news we’ve had in recent days there’s real hope on the horizon. Within days the first vaccines will be administered to the most vulnerable in our society. I’ll be working flat out to swiftly roll out the
Simon Harris Minister For Photo Ops & Social Media Likes
No words can capture adequately all we have been through. Often we pust so much pressure on ourselves with new year resolutions. I think this year, we should simply
To you all, my wish is for you is your health. For our country, my wish is twofold:
Cillein Doyle Fitness Feck & Brisk Owner
Over the last year, I graduated in the middle of a pandemic with huge economic uncertainty. Potential employers have been afraid to hire and existing employers have been unable to fire. This has left graduates, including me, in limbo. This uncertainty in the job market drove me
A major positive I have taken from this year is the growth in my relationships with my friends and family. I have had amazing support systems
Times like these teach you who is really your nearest and dearest. Not being able to see friends and having to deal with isolation is tough for everyone. For me living outside the town centre and having most of my friends just outside my 5km was tough but
On a community scale I feel that we are extremely lucky, although I do not live in Greystones itself I have grown up here in friend’s houses and around the town. Seeing how supportive families and local businesses have been of each other, witnessing amazing brands and shops open and grow in the community in the mist of the ongoing tragedy has inspired me. We see examples of this with The
I think that the main positive actions I have learned from 2020, that I can share
Paul Hayden Chipper Chappie
Always positive, always pushing forward, against the toughest odds, Joe
All of which made taking over his iconic chipper feel like I’d just taken over the Elvis Presley estate. So many people love Joe Sweeney in this
Andrea Splendori Greystones’ #1 Gurrier Guru
The air is cleaner, the sea seems to be clearer, the fields full of
Adrian Hopkins aka The Captain
Getting the fishing boats back into Greystones was another highlight for me, a story you covered very
My wish list for 2021, apart from getting every Greystonian vaccinated ASAP, is to finally get a proper fully-functioning life boat station with a top of the range life boat. The recent sea swimming craze has brought this necessity to a head.
He ain’t heavy, he’s my buddha
t’s the year that most people don’t want to remember but the 
one we’ll never be able to forget.
themselves, as we were all forced to look inwards rather than outwards for our happy.
assurances from his PR, the Minister For Photo Ops & Social Media Likes apparently never found the crucial ten minutes to put something together. Mainly because he was so busy with his photo ops and social media likes work.
walking through an ever-darkening shit-storm ever since he accepted that poison chalice back in June.
when we finally do get there, we’ll be stronger – and happier…
incredibly special. I’m so grateful to the staff and volunteers in St. Joseph’s Shankill for looking after him so well and keeping him safe during these tough times.
community. What inspired me during these unprecedented hardships was witnessing so many acts of kindness with complete strangers offering to help out their fellow Greystonians.
them or fetching them their daily newspaper.
Stephen Donnelly 
means there were many people enjoying Christmas with their families who otherwise might not have been.
vaccine programme so we can get life back to normal as quickly as possible.
So today marks the final day of 2020 – and what a year…
just resolve to do our best – do our best to get through the next few weeks and months, do our best to keep each other safe and well and do our best to be there for each other and to support each other as we try rid ourselves of this pandemic.
1) that we move away from this awful pandemi in the weeks and months ahead and keep each other safe in the meantime, and
a better country.
around and witnessing so much loss on a global scale, it is tough to show positivity and see the light at the end of the tunnel.
to look outside the box. Unable to slip into a graduate job opened my mind to chasing my dream of owning my own business.
when I have felt down and struck with self-doubt. These loved ones gave me confidence in myself to chase my dream of opening a business.
drove me to become more comfortable spending time alone and focusing on self-growth.
Fat Fox, The Body Band co., To Dye For by Johanna, Sonny’s and more local businesses that have really been beacons of hope for local businesses owners and people like myself only starting on their journey. I feel that this is something we should be thankful for and continue to contribute as much as we can.
are, always try to find a positive amongst the negative, try not to focus on what is out of your control and focus on what you can control and surround yourself with positive and driven people, who will show you the light in the dark when you can’t see it and strive to return the favour as often as possible.
represents Greystones to many people, and it was very fitting that in this most difficult of years for the town that he would be crowned Greystones’ 
town, and being able to keep his much-loved harbour takeaway and café rolling into 2021, well, that’s my reason to be very, very cheerful…
With 2020 now behind us, I had time to reflect and sift through the stories that shaped this most unusual of years.
butterflies.
Dave & Stephen Flynn 
myself, the upside was not being tied to the work desk and therefore, spending every second day at sea fishing, swimming, snorkelling and generally having the craic with the Usual Greystones Suspects…
well in the GG. It’s great to see a fully functioning fishing port back again. And I’ve seen Oran’s boat tow at least two pleasure boats in distress back to the harbour, which is great.
