Meanwhile, Condor’s purchase of a new boat raised several pressing questions, especially since it came after a meeting of the Civil Contingencies Authority. 

The long-mooted boat was originally meant to be bought through the Guernsey Investment Fund (GIF) after Policy & Resources committed to plugging £5million into a new infrastructure cell.  

This fell through and the CCA convened to controversially support P&R in helping Condor finance a new freight ship. 

The Islander name was revealed later that same month. 

The tail end of March saw the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) accept a pay offer from Policy & Resources. 

After much back and forth the unchanged offer was as follows: an uplift of 5% plus a £500 payout in 2022, which is above inflation, a 7% rise this year (based on June 2022’s inflation figure), and a rise of RPIX (based on June 2023 inflation) minus 1% in 2024. 

Tipping over into April, the big story was the collapse of the Garenne Group.  

It began with the construction firm, Camerons, going into liquidation. Soon the entire Garenne Construction Group was found to be insolvent and liquidators were appointed to wind up the business. 

A new ‘vision’ was announced for Sark and a 'Visioning Exercise' was carried out on Sark's future - a team from the Prince's Foundation visited the island to discuss ways of supporting the small community. 

Elsewhere, in politics, major plans to modernise the hospital were temporarily put on ice under proposals announced by Policy & Resources. 

The Committee reviewed what major projects should happen in the wake of little action being agreed to tackle a looming blackhole in States finances. 

P&R favoured continuing work on building a new post-16 campus at Les Ozouets - a project which had been thrown into turmoil when the States ended a deal with RG Falla to do the work  - and warned that there was not the capacity to deliver these two major projects at the same time. 

Later in the year, heated debate led to the hospital project being reprioritised and the Transforming Education Programme once again being kicked into the long grass. 

Finally, in heart-warming non-political news, an "experienced dog looker afterer" applied for a job at a new 'doggy day care' centre in Guernsey saying they "love dogs and dogs love me". 

11-year-old Samuel - also known as Monsieur Samuel – wrote to Creature Comforts to ask for a chance to work at the business' new 'Waggle Centre'. 

He wrote that he gets on very well with dogs, "especially big ones" and that he has a "love for all creatures great and small".