“PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT IF THEY TAKE ALCOHOL THEY SHOULD NOT DRIVE”
– Supt Fergus Treanor on new laws which recently came into effect By Veronica Corr In light of the introduction of new stricter drink driving laws, which came into effect at midnight on October 27th,...
View ArticleCOMBILIFT WINS ASIA MATTERS AWARD
Monaghan material handling specialist manufacturer Combilift has yet another award to add to its trophy cabinet – this time for its recent expansion and activities in the Asian market which were...
View ArticleCO COUNCIL VOTES THROUGH 2.45% RATES INCREASE –
but Monaghan still “a low-cost location for doing business” PETER HUGHES There was unanimous agreement from all fourteen members of Monaghan Co Council present on Tuesday to the adoption of a Budget...
View ArticleENTEKRA PROMISES 100 JOBS AT ITS NEW EUROPEAN HEADQUARTERS
Michael Fisher Businessman Gerry McCaughey, one of the founders of Century Homes (now Kingspan) returned to Monaghan last week for the official opening of the European headquarters of Entekra. The...
View ArticleMONAGHAN SHARES SADNESS AT TRAGIC DEATH OF IRISH SOCCER FAN
SADNESS at the tragic death of Republic of Ireland fan David Clerkin in Copenhagen at the weekend was shared by many people in Monaghan along with people in his native Co Louth and throughout the...
View ArticleCHRISTMAS BONUSES AXED BY LACPATRICK AS PART OF COST SAVINGS
Michael Fisher Staff at LacPatrick Dairies have been told there will be no Christmas bonuses paid this year at any of the company’s three centres in Monaghan, Artigarvan Co. Tyrone and Ballyrashane...
View ArticleSCOTSTOWN PUT ULSTER HOPES ON THE LINE
AIB ULSTER CLUB SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL COLM SHALVEY Scotstown appear in their second AIB Ulster Club SFC Final in four years when they take on first-time finalists Gweedore in Omagh on...
View Article€1 MILLION SOLD & THE MONAGHAN TOWN GIFT VOUCHERS CAN BE SPENT IN OVER 140...
The Monaghan Town Voucher has reached a milestone in sales this week with €1,000,000 vouchers now sold! With approximately 140 participating outlets in Monaghan, Emyvale, Glaslough, Scotstown and...
View ArticleTAKE TO THE STREETS OVER HOMELESSNESS – MONAGHAN PEOPLE BEFORE PROFIT CALL
A call for strong local support for a public demonstration in Dublin on December 1 seeking address of the problem of homelessness was made this week by Monaghan People Before Profit’s Paddy Grenham. In...
View ArticleMONAGHAN AND CAVAN TO RECEIVE UP TO €120,000 FOR HERITAGE PROJECTS – MINISTER...
Heather Humphreys, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Fine Gael TD for Cavan Monaghan, has welcomed the news that counties Monaghan and Cavan are set to receive up to €120,000 in...
View ArticleFUNDING BOOST WILL MOVE MONAGHAN URBAN REGENERATION PROJECT CLOSER TO REALITY
Peter Hughes A funding announcement on Monday was hailed as possessing significant potential to bring the regeneration of one of the main commercial arteries of Monaghan Town closer to reality....
View ArticleÓ CAOLÁIN AND COLLEAGUES ENGAGE LACPATRICK MANAGEMENT ON CUTBACKS AND FUTURE...
Cavan/Monaghan Sinn Féin Dáil Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, accompanied by Monaghan Co Council colleagues Councillors Brian McKenna and Seán Conlon, met with LacPatrick Head of Communications and Merger...
View ArticleNEW FG COUNCILLOR WILL START NEXT WEEK
Michael Fisher Fine Gael’s new representative on Monaghan County Council will be 34 year-old Richard Truell from Aghabog. He will replace Cllr Eva Humphreys who resigned last month, citing work...
View ArticleMONAGHAN INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS SCHEME AND REPAIRS INITIATIVE WIN TOP AWARDS
Michael Fisher Two projects by Monaghan County Council providing a more inclusive playground policy for disabled children and the promotion of a national online directory for repairing goods from...
View ArticleCARRICK’S NEWLY-RENOVATED MAGNIFICENT MARKET HOUSE OFFICIALLY OPENED
By Veronica Corr The eagerly anticipated opening of the sympathetically renovated Market House Phase I, encompassing Carrickmacross Lace Gallery and craft gallery (Collective at Market Square) took...
View ArticleMAN KILLED AND GARDA INJURED IN CASTLEBLAYNEY ROAD INCIDENT
PATSY McARDLE Civic and community leaders in Castleblayney expressed shock and grief yesterday (Wednesday) over a tragic incident in the town prior to midnight on Tuesday in which a 40-year-old...
View ArticleTOWN MOURNS AS CRASH VICTIM BURIED AND DRIVER CHARGED
By PATSY McARDLE BUSINESS in Castleblayney came to a standstill on Saturday last, and a pall of grief shrouded the mid-Monaghan town for the weekend, as the funeral took place of 47-years-old local...
View ArticleBORDER ISSUES IN DEBATE AT EU SUMMIT IN BRUSSELS
By PATSY McARDLE MONAGHAN Fianna Fáil county councilor, and Cathaorleach of the Northern and Western Regional Assembly, Cllr. Seamus Coyle was among a very distinguished list of invited public figures...
View ArticleMONAGHAN MCKENNAS ATTEND OPENING OF ‘SALA JUAN MACKENNA’ IN CHILEAN EMBASSY
THE evening of Monday 19th November saw representatives of Clan McKenna attend at the Embassy of Chile in Ireland on Wellington Road in Dublin’s Ballsbridge to attend the designation of ‘Sala Juan...
View ArticleEIRGRID CHIEF PROMOTES INTERCONNECTOR IN BELFAST
Michael Fisher The Chief Executive of EirGrid, Mark Foley, was in Belfast on Tuesday to welcome visitors to the headquarters of its northern subsidiary SONI in Castlereagh. The company’s Market...
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