Monaghan Town’s ‘Hole in the Ground’ may have disappeared but the site of the stalled mixed use development project in the town centre – now in the final stages of restoration to a car-park area – delivered a strong echo of controversy at Monday night’s Town Council meeting.
Independent councillor Seamus Treanor launched a colourful and strongly worded verbal attack on Sinn Féin Dáil Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin and current Co Mayor and Monaghan Town Council member Sean Conlon over a photograph and article that appeared in last week’s edition of this newspaper.
Deputy Ó Caoláin and Mayor Conlon were pictured with contractor …