MAJOR MONAGHAN MD FINANCIAL COMMITMENT FOR BIO-ECONOMY PROJECT AND ROSSMORE PARK
Peter Hughes The members of the Monaghan Municipal District gave approval on Monday to substantial financial contributions in support of the development of the Rossmore Forest Park amenity in Monaghan...
View ArticleFIVE LOCAL TOWNS REWARDED ALMOST €4 MILLION IN GOVERNMENT’S VALENTINE’S DAY...
“Rural Ireland’s not dead!” — say Ministers Ring, Humphreys and Canney By Veronica Corr Minister Michael Ring visited Castleblayney last Thursday evening, to reveal the successful schemes nationwide...
View ArticleMONAGHAN V TYRONE
Derby D-Day in Healy Park Omagh Monaghan face a crunch local derby against Tyrone in the Allianz National Football League Division One on Saturday evening. This fixture’s circumstances represent a far...
View ArticleMONAGHAN HURLERS UP AND RUNNING
PATRICK SMYTH Following on from Castleblayney’s heroic exploits on the club front, the game of hurling in Monaghan got another timely boost on Sunday last at Healy Park, Omagh when the county seniors...
View ArticleROSSMORE GOLF CLUB CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL LADIES DAY ON 8TH MARCH
This year Rossmore Golf Club is celebrating International Ladies Day on friday 8th March, 2019 and are extending an invitation to women of all ages to come and try out the game of golf while also...
View ArticleFOUR GOVERNMENT MINISTERS VISIT COOTEHILL TO LAUNCH NE REGIONAL ENTERPRISE PLAN
• Michael McDonnell THE LAUNCH OF a new ‘Regional Enterprise Plan’ for the three north-eastern counties of Monaghan, Cavan and Louth this week coincided with a good news story for the venue in which...
View ArticleGAA BACKS PUBLICATION OF McANESPIE GARDA REPORT
Delegates at this year’s GAA Congress have backed a Tyrone County Board motion calling for the Garda report into the killing of Aidan McAnespie by a British soldier at Aughnacloy 31 years ago to be...
View ArticleSMALL INCREASE IN CO. MONAGHAN SCHOOL ENROLMENTS
By Patsy McArdle PRELIMINARY enrolment numbers in primary and postprimary schools in Co. Monaghan show just 1.1 per cent increase between September 2017 and September 2018. The Department of Education...
View ArticleSIGNED, SEALED AND SOON TO BE DELIVERED… CONTRACTORS ON SITE AT THE KAVANAGH...
By Veronica Corr The signing of contracts for Phase I of the refurbishment of the Patrick Kavanagh Centre, Inniskeen took place on Monday afternoon in the Civic Offices, Carrickmacross. The winning...
View ArticleBISHOP OF CLOGHER ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF VICARS- GENERAL AND NEW CANONS
The recently-ordained Bishop of Clogher, Most Reverend Larry Duffy, has announced that he has appointed the following priests of the diocese to be his Vicars-General: Monsignor Joseph McGuinness PP,...
View ArticleLOUIS CROWNED ALL- IRELAND CHAMPIONS
There was All-Ireland success for the mighty Louis girls yesterday in the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, in what was a superb nail biting game of basketball. The victorious Louis girls...
View ArticleTANAISTE INTRODUCED ‘NO DEAL’ BREXIT LEGISLATION
With the continuing uncertainty at Westminster over Brexit, now just 29 days away, the government says it remains focused on securing an orderly and agreed Brexit through ratification of the Withdrawal...
View ArticleCOUNCILLORS QUERY ABSENCE OF IRISH WATER REPRESENTATIVE AT BALLYBAY MD MEETING
Michael Fisher Concern was raised about the non presence of a representative from Irish Water at the February meeting of Ballybay Clones Municipal District in Clones. Cllr Seamus Coyle (Fianna Fáil)...
View ArticleRACHEL HONOURED AT CREDIT UNION NATIONAL AWARDS CEREMONY
Rachel McKenna, Scotstown, who received a Special Merit Award in the 18 and over category from the President of the Irish league of Credit Unions, Charles Murphy and RTÉ’s Marty Whelan at the League’s...
View ArticleCAVAN CLASH
Crunch derby against Cavan next up COLM SHALVEY COMMENTARY Monaghan’s battle to retain their Allianz National Football League Division One status will largely hinge on Saturday week’s crunch derby...
View ArticleMONAGHAN BOSS KEEN TO HAVE A FULL DECK
When Monaghan brought the curtain down on 2018 with a 1-20 to 1-12 victory over Antrim in the Dr. McKenna Cup, Malachy O’Rourke and his think tank had every reason to look forward to an even better...
View ArticleBEING BREXIT PREPARED: MINISTER HUMPHREYS LAUNCHES VOUCHER SCHEME AND ONLINE...
“Given the concentration of the agri-food sector in this area, and the complex supply chains that straddle the border of 500km, we are all too aware of the challenges that Brexit will present,” stated...
View ArticleMUSIC, MAGIC AND MOTHERING AT MONAGHAN ARTS NETWORK FEBRUARY 2019 SHOWCASE
Monaghan Arts Network monthly Arts Showcase, which is held on the last Wednesday of each month in the Market House, Monaghan, continued last Wednesday 27th February with the second showcase of 2019....
View Article€10,000 AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY WEEKEND ACROSS BOTH CAVAN AND MONAGHAN –...
TD for Cavan Monaghan and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, is encouraging community groups across Cavan and Monaghan to get involved with The Big Hello, the country’s first National...
View ArticleAFTER THIRTY YEARS OF NO ACTIVITY…. IDA ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CENTRE TO BRING...
For thirty years a barren field on the Armagh Road at Knockaconny in Monaghan close to the education campus has been lying empty and earmarked for a new factory. Now this site is to be transformed by...
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