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COMBILIFT STAFF INSPIRE LOCAL STUDENTS
Five members of staff from Combilift have been recognised for their involvement in a programme with Monaghan primary and secondary schools. Staff members Adriana Gajdosikova, Lisa Bogue, Robert Walsh...
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EXCITING TIMES FOR MONAGHAN:
WORK STARTS ON NEW IDA FACILITY AT KNOCKACONNY… AND COVERED PERFORMANCE AREA TO BE CREATED IN THE DIAMOND Michael Fisher For over thirty years, a greenfield site on the Armagh road in Monaghan...
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WORRYING EMERGENCE OF DRUGS INTIMIDATION IN CO MONAGHAN
Peter Hughes Tuesday’s meeting of the Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee was told by Garda Chief Superintendent John O’Reilly that incidents of drug-related intimidation were being encountered by the...
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CHRISTMAS BOOST FOR CARRICKMACROSS AS GROUND RENTS LEGISLATION FINALISED
Michael Fisher It’s a nice Christmas present for the businesses from one side of the main street in Carrickmacross. Over many years they have been paying ground rents to a semi-absentee English...
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MONAGHAN LEADING THE WAY IN SAFE CLUB INITIATIVE
JOHN GRAHAM From the outset, the Safe Club Initiative was intended to help in setting a solid foundation stone on which clubs could build and develop a better understanding of health and safety...
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THE MIGHTY MITCHELLS
John Graham reports At intermediate football Championship level, it was Magheracloone’s year despite the difficult circumstances that the club found themselves in as they were denied the use of their...
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CAVAN DRUG AWARENESS SERVICE IN “PERILOUS FINANCIAL SITUATION” – Ó CAOLÁIN
Cavan Monaghan Dáil Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has again pressed the need for a substantial increase in funding to the Cavan Drug Awareness Trust that operates a key service on Cavan town’s Farnham...
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NO DIRECT CO COUNCIL ROLE IN DETERMINING 5G HEALTH IMPLICATIONS, COUNCILLOR...
“Monaghan Co Council does not have a direct role in determining the health implications associated with 5G networks,” it was stated at the December meeting of the local authority in response to a...
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MARATHON RUNNERS RAISE €10,000 FOR PALLIATIVE CARE
Pictured is the group of running friends from North Monaghan, who raised €10,000 for the Cavan Monaghan Palliative Care charity, through their efforts in running the 2019 Dublin City Marathon. The...
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COUNCILLOR CONNOLLY CALLS ON TDS TO MAKE ELEVENTH-HOUR BID TO SAVE CUISLE...
Peter Hughes Independent local public representative Paudge Connolly has called on TDs and Senators to make an eleventh-hour bid to save the Cuisle accessible respite resort in Co Roscommon – which is...
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GLASLOUGH NATIONAL TIDY TOWNS SUCCESS EARNS MUNICIPAL DISTRICT SUPPORT
Members of the Monaghan Municipal District with representatives of Glaslough Tidy Towns, when they made the presentation of grant to the Glaslough Tidy Towns. In photo are front (L-R) Donal McElwaine,...
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NI TALKS PROCESS UNDERWAY AFTER UK ELECTION
Michael Fisher in Belfast The Tánaiste Simon Coveney TD and Northern Secretary Julian Smith MP have been meeting the five main Stormont parties in Belfast this week to assess the mood for restoring the...
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MAJOR CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR CARRICKMACROSS
GROUND RENTS LAW CHANGED AFTER CAMPAIGN BY BUSINESSES DOCUMENTARY MAKER PRAISED FOR HIS WORK Michael Fisher Monaghan made its mark at Leinster House last Thursday when three local Oireachtas members...
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JOINT POLICING COMMITTE TO LOBBY GARDA COMMISSIONER FOR MORE POLICING...
Peter Hughes The members of Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee will avail of a meeting with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in February to lobby for more resources to be provided to the Gardaí in the...
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N2 ROAD PLANNERS STILL AVAILABLE FOR SUBMISSIONS ON NEW ROUTES
Michael Fisher Transport Infrastructure Ireland has told Deputy Niamh Smyth that the Monaghan County Council project team working on two major road schemes for the N2 in the county are still available...
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MINISTER MUST HEED LOCAL CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES TO MINING LICENCE – SMYTH
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Arts, Culture and Heritage and Cavan-Monaghan TD, Niamh Smyth, has expressed a number of reservations in relation to an application for a prospecting licence by Great Glen...
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FORMER GUARDSMAN CHARGED OVER KILLING OF AIDAN MCANESPIE
A former British soldier is to stand trial accused of manslaughter over the killing of Aidan McAnespie at a border checkpoint in Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone, in February 1988. 23 year-old Mr McAnespie, who...
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HOSPITAL OVERCROWDING REACHES RECORD LEVEL
Government Must Stop Blaming Doctors: Gallagher Michael Fisher The Minister for Health Simon Harris TD has said almost 200 additional hospital beds will be available by the end of the month, as figures...
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TWO ARRESTED IN CROSS-BORDER BUS DRAMA
TWO men were arrested in Co,. Monaghan after a mini -bus was stolen at Dublin airport with three passengers on board. The vehicle was driven to the M1 shortly before 1am yesterday (Wed) morning. The...
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NEW BLACKWATER BRIDGE SHOULD BE READY BY END OF MARCH
Michael Fisher Work on the new bridge over the River Blackwater beside Lakeland Dairies at Coolshannagh in Monaghan is progressing ahead of programme despite high river levels and it should be open by...
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