In January our ICA group paid a visit to Teach Mellon up in County Louth. We also took in the ICA Wicklow Drama festival where we entered a comedy play ‘Charming Affair,’ which was highly praised by the judges. With the support of Fingal Co Co, our Guild hosted a lovely craft day in the scout’s den. In March we held our annual daffodil day fundraising in aid of Cancer Research organised by Antoinette Doran and Roseanna Darby and between daffodil day, the raffle, the baking for our coffee morning we raised the magnificent sum of €5,807. We welcomed our new President Roseanna Darby and thanked our outgoing President Teresa Killoran for her hard work over the past three years. In April a group of us, headed out for a wonderful week to Sorrento Pompeii and the Amalfi coast. In July we attended the ICA garden party at An Grainan on where our President Teresa Killoran won the best dress lady of the day. In August the summer outing was arranged by Marie O’Sullivan- a visit to New Grange. In September a group of us joined the Active Retirement group, and travelled up to Belfast, visiting Parliament Buildings in Stormont, the Ulster Folk Museum, and a tour of Belfast city ending up the day in Carrickdale Hotel for a lovely meal. We also went on an overnight trip to Nevin Maguire’s MacNean House and Restaurant Blacklion Co. Cavan. In October we held a coffee morning in the Top Shop and raised the wonderful sum of €3,230 in aid of the hospice.

#Senator Loraine Clifford Lee hosted our visit to Leinster House and spoke proudly of the hard-working Ladies of Lusk ICA. We enjoyed a week of pre-Christmas & New Year cheer in the Sligo Southern Hotel -our President Rosanna Darby presented Marie O’Sullivan with a thank you gift for organising our trip. Drama rehearsals are underway for the ICA Wicklow Drama festival next January 2024, where we entered a short comedy sketch. While The weekly sea swimmers to Rush are wound down for winter, the ladies continue to work out in the North City Fitness Gym in Rush every Tuesday and Thursday. We also had our Christmas Market, Christmas Party and Bowling night in December. We now look forward to another active year for 2024.