Did you know that over 1,700 people in Lusk work remotely? That’s 36% of the town’s workforce — a quiet but significant shift in how our community lives and works. Grow Remote Lusk exists to make that shift visible, and to turn it into something social.
We’re a volunteer-led local chapter of Grow Remote, an Irish non-profit social enterprise. Our mission is simple: give remote and hybrid workers in Lusk a reason to show up locally, connect with their neighbours, and feel part of the community — not just residents who happen to work from home.

Since launching in 2024, we’ve run free, informal events: monthly brunches at Skinny Batch Bakery, after-work socials at Murray’s Lounge, a guided tour of Lusk’s Round Tower and Belfry, and walks in the local area. Every event is free. Every event is open to all.

May was a particularly good month. On 24 May, we teamed up with the Lusk Camera Group for a photography walk and nature stroll at Turvey Nature Reserve — a lovely afternoon along the estuary trails, even if the birds had clearly decided it was too warm to make an appearance. It was our first collaboration with the Camera Group, and one we’re keen to build on.

The following Friday, our monthly brunch at Skinny Batch brought together seven people — including several new faces who found us through a local board games group forming in Lusk. The conversation ranged from remote work to community ideas, and one of our new attendees — an arts teacher — raised the possibility of running community arts workshops using Skinny Batch’s studio space. Exactly the kind of idea that starts over coffee and might just become something real.

In June, we’re co-hosting an after-work Board Games Night with the Lusk Board Game Group at Murray’s Lounge on 24 June, and our regular monthly brunch continues on Friday 27 June at 12:15 PM at Skinny Batch.

This is what Grow Remote Lusk is becoming: not just a brunch, but a platform for the kind of community connections that happen when people who live and work locally start actually meeting each other.

All events are free. Find what’s coming up at https://bit.ly/LuskCollection or email us at community@growremote.ie — we’d love to see you there.

Flavio & Conor, Local Leaders, Grow Remote Lusk