PARENTS DEVASTED BY ACT OF WANTON VANDALISM AT GRAVE OF MURDER VICTIM GAVIN...
• Michael McDonnell THE PARENTS of a young man brutally murdered following a music festival in Carrickmacross eight years ago were dealt another cruel blow in recent weeks when their son’s grave (where...
View ArticleMONAGHAN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH-ON A MAGNIFICENT SHOW!
Peter Hughes Christmas came to Monaghan Town last Sunday, with the formal switch-on of the county capital’s festive lighting display preceded by a Magnificent Show of music, dancing, a galaxy of...
View ArticleMONAGHAN PREPARES FOR THE DIGITAL REVOLUTION
Monaghan experts address artificial intelligence conference Michael Fisher Monaghan is taking on the challenge of being ready for the digital revolution. It’s all down to AI: not as you might expect...
View ArticleTYDAVNET LORRY DRIVER SUFFERS TERRIFYING ASSAULT AFTER CONFRONTING WOULD-BE...
LIVERPOOL INCIDENT LEAVES MALACHY McCRUDDEN (56) WITH BROKEN LEG AND SEVERE BRUISING • Michael McDonnell A 56-YEAR-OLD North Monaghan man who runs his own haulage business was severely injured during a...
View ArticleDILLION SAYS MAGHERACLOONE CAN GO ALL THE WAY
MAGHERACLOONE 1-15 GALBALLY 0-13 KEVIN ÓG CARNEY REPORTS Joe Dillon jnr was only too happy to go back to his roots when the gaels of Magheracloone asked him to help them dig themselves out of a hole,...
View ArticleMONAGHAN FARMER BAGS €28,000 ON WINNING STREAK
A farmer from Emyvale won a cool €28,000 when he appeared on the National Lottery television game show Winning Streak on Saturday just a few weeks before he is due to become a father. Paul McCarron...
View ArticleSCOTSHOUSE SHINES AT IPB PRIDE OF PLACE AWARDS
Scotshouse was honoured at the annual Co-operation Ireland Pride of Place awards in Kilkenny last Saturday night, 30th November, where they beat off stiff competition from across the whole of Ireland...
View ArticleMONAGHAN PEACE CAMPUS SET FOR COMPLETION IN 2021, COUNCILLOR BENNETT INFORMED
Construction of the Monaghan Peace Campus project is scheduled for completion in 2021, Sinn Féin representative Cathy Bennett was told at the December meeting of Monaghan Co Council in Clones last...
View ArticleDEFINITIVE ADDRESS OF FLOODING PROBLEMS VITAL TO MONAGHAN ECONOMY – SENATOR...
A definitive solution for the periodic flooding problems that beset Monaghan Town was vital to the future of the local economy, Senator Robbie Gallagher said this week. The Cavan/Monaghan...
View ArticleMONAGHAN CO COUNCIL LAUNCHES CHRISTMAS ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN
Christmas” is the theme for the road safety campaign for the forthcoming holiday period launched by Monaghan Co Council at Monaghan Fire Station last week. Co Council Road Safety Officer Adrian...
View ArticleNEW PARISH PRIEST FOR TYDAVNET
Fr Stephen Joyce has been installed as the new Parish Priest of Tydavnet by Bishop Larry Duffy of Clogher. The rite of Induction and Installation took place during the regular Sunday Mass at St Mary’s...
View ArticleRETIRED CHIEF CONSTABLE TO REPORT ON ALLEGED COLLUSION INVOLVING GLENANNE...
LOYALIST GROUP SUSPECTED OF INVOLVEMENT IN MONAGHAN AND DUBLIN BOMBINGS Michael Fisher A former senior British police officer is to investigate a number of atrocities during the Troubles, including the...
View ArticleGROUND RENTS BILL REACHES FINAL STAGE
Michael Fisher The long-awaited ground rents legislation to give some leaseholders in Carrickmacross the opportunity to acquire the freehold of their business premises on the west side of the Main...
View ArticleCOMPROMISE REACHED ON DEADLINE FOR N2 ARDEE-CASTLEBLAYNEY SCHEME SUBMISSIONS
While the deadline for the receipt of public submissions on the major national road scheme to take place on the N2 from Ardee to Castleblayney will not be further officially extended, a lenient...
View ArticleBORDER COMMUNITY MOURNS WIFE OF ONE OF ‘THE DISAPPEARED”
By Patsy McArdle ResidentS in the South Armagh town of Crossmaglen were saddened by the death last weekend of the wife of a man who vanished nearly a half-century ago and was described as one of ‘the...
View ArticleSOUTH MONAGHAN RESIDENTS URGED TO SUBMIT THEIR VIEWS ON NEW N2 ROAD PLAN
Six Route Options for the Ardee to Castleblayney Scheme The newly formed N2 Ardee to Castleblayney Concerned Residents Group are urging people in the south Monaghan and north Louth region to make a...
View Article€6 MILLION MODERNISATION AND UPGRADE OF CASTLEBLAYNEY WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
Irish Water, working in partnership with Monaghan Co Council, has completed the upgrade of the Castleblayney wastewater treatment plant in a €6 million modernisation project. The plant was originally...
View ArticleMONAGHAN GARDAÍ PRAISED FOR SUPPORTS PROVIDED TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE VICTIMS
Peter Hughes Gardaí in Monaghan were praised at Tuesday’s meeting of Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee for the support and information they provided to victims of domestic violence incidents....
View ArticleCO MONAGHAN TEXT ALERT NETWORK COULD BE POWERFUL ROAD SAFETY TOOL –...
Using the network of community text alert schemes in Co Monaghan to enhance road safety measures was advocated by Independent member of Monaghan Co Council Hugh McElvaney when the Co Monaghan Joint...
View ArticleDETECTIONS INCREASE AS MONAGHAN GARDAÍ TIGHTEN THE NET ON DRUG-DRIVING OFFENDERS
Peter Hughes An increasing number of Co Monaghan motorists who drive after using illicit drugs are being apprehended by the Gardaí, it was evident from statistics presented to Tuesday’s meeting of Co...
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