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LACPATRICK MERGER WITH LAKELAND CREATES CO-OPERATIVE HISTORY
Michael Fisher Monaghan based LacPatrick Cooperative Society Limited and Lakeland Dairies Co-operative Society Limited have created history by formally completing a merger of the two societies. The new...
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BORDER COMMUNITIES SAY NO TO A HARD BORDER
Protestors came from County Monaghan, Tyrone and beyond to attend a demonstration at the border at Moybridge outside Aughnacloy on Saturday, organised by Border Communities Against Brexit. A range of...
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HSE’S €4 CHARGE FOR TRANSPORT TO DAY CARE CENTRES CONDEMNED BY MONAGHAN...
By Veronica Corr There were two very similar motions of urgent business before Monday’s afternoon’s meeting of Monaghan County Council, one from Sinn Féin, introduced by Councillor Colm Carthy and the...
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FIRE DAMAGES COUNCIL OFFICE AT SCOTCH CORNER
Michael Fisher Fire damaged a building at the Monaghan County Council waste facility at Scotch Corner near Annyalla early yesterday morning. A brief statement by the Council said the fire, which was...
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MONAGHAN SCOR PUT ON A SHOW AT THE GARAGE THEATRE TO CELEBRATE FIFTY...
JOHN GRAHAM reports A golden Jubilee is a landmark date in any walk of life, or in any organisation and the golden Jubilee of Scor in Monaghan was celebrated with a special Gala concert in the Garage...
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STRETCHERED OFF… ALL-IRELAND HEARTBREAK
By COLM SHALVEY Monaghan’s senior footballers received a short-term boost and a potentially much longer-lasting blow this week. The bad news came via a serious injury that Darren Hughes suffered in...
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SCÓR CAOGA BLIAIN AG FÁS CONCERT A ROARING SUCCESS
Full house in the Garage theatre for a night packed with entertainment, laughter and memories. The large crowd that packed into the Garage Theatre last Friday night for Monaghan GAA’s 50 years of Scór...
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EBAY’S RETAIL EXPANSION PROGRAMME MUSIC TO MONAGHAN BUSINESS’ EARS
eBay, one of the world’s largest online marketplaces has joined forces with Enterprise Ireland and theDesign & Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCOI) for an initiative that is set to benefit up to 50...
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RESPITE SERVICE USERS “NOW EVEN MORE DISTRESSED” IN RELATION ONGOING CLOSURE...
WORKS EXPECTED TO SEE ANNALEE HOUSE REMAIN CLOSED FOR UP ON A YEAR • Michael McDonnell THE ONGOING difficulties being experienced by families in the Cavan and Monaghan catchment area in relation to...
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MONAGHAN STAGES RALLY (28TH APRIL) LAUNCH
Frank McKenna, centre, The Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan, with Eoghan Corr, right, Clerk of Course and Conor Maguire, Chairman, Monaghan Motor-club, at the launch of The Four Seasons Hotel Monaghan...
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ACCOUNTANCY APPRENTICESHIP LEADS TO… TWENTY NEW JOBS CREATED IN CO. MONAGHAN
By Patsy McArdle TWENTY new jobs are to be created in Monaghan through a national accountancy apprenticeship programme which allows applicants to earn while they learn. The Accounting Technician...
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SINN FÉIN MEPS MEET BREXIT NEGOTIATOR IN BRUSSELS… AS THERESA MAY SEEKS SHORT...
Michael Fisher Sinn Féin MEPs Matt Carthy and Martina Anderson met EU Chief Negotiator on Brexit, Michel Barnier, in Brussels yesterday, ahead of another important summit meeting involving the 28 EU...
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EFFECT OF BREXIT ON BORDER COMMUNITIES DISCUSSED WITH GERMAN CHANCELLOR ON...
Michael Fisher Clones businessman Ross Mealiff, the owner of the Hotel Kilmore in Cavan, was among those to meet the German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her visit to Dublin last Thursday to discuss...
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Ó CAOLÁIN ATTEMPTS TO GET ANSWERS FROM MINISTER ABOUT DEPLOYMENT OF ARMED...
Michael Fisher During a topical issues session in the Dáil on Tuesday evening, Cavan Monaghan Sinn Féin Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin questioned the Minister for Justice, Charles Flanagan about an...
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CAMPAIGN CONTINUES FOR RESTORATION OF CASTLEBLAYNEY MARKET HOUSE
Many people gathered in Castleblayney on Saturday last as part of the ongoing campagin for the restoration of the town’s Market House. Originally built c.1790 with signficant additions made c.1856, the...
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STILL NO AGREEMENT ON RENAMING CLONES MARKET HOUSE
“Old politics of back handers and brown envelopes” SF Cllr claims Michael Fisher There’s still no agreement on what the official name of the new offices of Ballybay Clones Municipal District at the...
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MONAGHAN TOWN MAN (18) REMANDED IN CUSTODY ON NUMEROUS CRIMINAL COUNTS
A YOUNG Monaghan town man was remanded in custody at Monday’s sitting of the local District Court, where he appeared on 66 counts relating to allegations ranging from assaults to criminal damage to...
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THE POWER OF THE RISEN CHRIST
In his Easter Message, the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Rt Rev Dr Charles McMullen, writes how Jesus continues to come alongside his followers, just as he did in the immediate...
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MONAGHAN ACADEMIC RECEIVES SIGNIFICANT IRISH RESEARCH COUNCIL FUNDING
Monaghan is amongst 12 researchers awarded a total of €11.8 million from the Irish Research Council for worldclass frontier research. Lorraine O’Driscoll from Smithborough, Co Monaghan, a Professor in...
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