COUNTY TRAINING IS HIT BY GAA BAN
JOHN GRAHAM The GAA has reversed its position on sanctioning teams who violate the ban on inter-county training before September 14th by potentially disqualifying them from competition. In a sharp...
View ArticleCALLING ALL MONAGHAN GAA CLUBS!
.Former Donegal GAA star and TG4 Cul Camps TV show coach Kevin Cassidy (photo) was on hand, with his children Aoife, Nia and Fionn, to launch the Kellogg’s GAA Cul Camps on-pack competition....
View ArticleCHAMPIONSHIP CALENDAR
Group-stage fixtures confirmed for new-look Monaghan championship Colm Shalvey reports Monaghan GAA this week confirmed details for the upcoming club championship schedule. All games in the Senior,...
View ArticleDO YOU HAVE AN HOUR FOR ROSSMORE FOREST PARK – SATURDAY, 18TH JULY AT 11AM –...
With no Country Music Festival on this weekend do you find yourself at a loose end? Why not give an hour to OUR local Rossmore Forest Park and help the volunteers with pulling of some Himalayan balsam....
View ArticleMONAGHAN MUST GET BUILDING!
Councillors agree on urgent need for house construction but differ on how best to re-energise sector The members of Monaghan Co Council at their meeting on Monday were agreed on the need to increase...
View ArticleEMY LAKE GATES OPEN
Another stage in the ongoing development work by Donagh Development Association at Emy Lake has been completed and the official opening of the New Gates at the Car Park area was carried out on...
View ArticleWHEN BIG JACK WAS MONAGHAN’S CHAMPION….
Jack Charlton’s status as ‘Honorary Irishman’ was cited frequently during the outpouring of tearful tribute engendered by news of his passing last weekend. But the former Republic of Ireland soccer...
View ArticleÓ CAOLÁIN IS IRELAND’S LEAD SIGNATORY IN COVID-19 VACCINE INITIATIVE
Former Cavan Monaghan Dáil Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin has taken a lead role in a European initiative designed to ensure equity of access to Covid-19 vaccines and treatments when they become available....
View ArticleCHIEF EXECUTIVE EMPHASISES COUNTY COUNCIL COMMITMENT TO RESTORATION OF...
National media spotlight on An Taisce report didn’t reflect expenditure and plans for Market House and Hope Castle says O’Sullivan Weekend national media coverage of the listing by An Taisce of...
View ArticleINTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR COMBILIFT
Leading Co Monaghan manufacturing firm Combilift has been announced as the winner of the International Forklift of the Year Award for its innovative Combi-CS pedestrian counterbalance stacker forklift....
View ArticleCONTRACT SIGNED FOR MONAGHAN PEACE CAMPUS PROJECT
The formal contract signing for the €17.6 million Monaghan Peace Campus project took place at the Monaghan Co Council meeting chamber in the M-TEK building, Knockaconny on Friday last, July 10. The...
View ArticleTOUGH MEASURES ANNOUNCED FOR RE-START OF SEASON
JOHN GRAHAM REPORTS The GAA has announced a raft of new measures that will apply in club competitions which are due to get under way this week, the exercise aimed at making the playing of the games as...
View ArticleFOOTBALL FOCUS
Juvenile’s return plan starts tomorrow Ladies’ championships begin Saturday Colm Shalvey reports Monaghan GAA’s condensed programme of juvenile competitions is set to get underway tomorrow (Friday)...
View ArticleCONTROL PLAN IN PLACE TO ADDRESS HIGH LEVELS OF BOVINE TB IN COUNTY MONAGHAN
A targeted, high-impact bovine TB Control Plan is in place in Co Monaghan to try to address the continuing high levels of the disease detected in herds there, the Department of Agriculture said this...
View ArticleNEW MINISTER BUT ‘SAME OLD PLATITUDES’ ABOUT NORTH SOUTH INTERCONNECTOR: NEPPC
Michael Fisher Anti-pylon campaigners have called on Fianna Fáil representatives in Monaghan and Cavan to clarify their position on the North South interconnector project. This follows comments made...
View ArticleANTI-PYLON GROUP CLAIMS EIRGRID ANALYSIS OF OPTIONS FOR NEW ELECTRICITY LINE...
The North East Pylon Pressure Campaign has noted with interest the publication of EirGrid’s plans to move on to the next stage in its major project for a new Kildare to Meath Line (KML). This will...
View ArticleCOUNTY MONAGHAN VOLUNTEER AWARDS 2020
Monaghan Volunteer Centre and Monaghan Integrated Development are delighted to announce the launch of the County Monaghan 2020 Volunteer Awards. The awards, which take place annually, seek to recognise...
View ArticleJOBS STIMULUS TO BE ANNOUNCED BY GOVERNMENT
Michael Fisher The number of people closing their Pandemic Unemployment Payment claim has dropped by almost 100,000 in the past fortnight. Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys TD said that...
View ArticleCLONTIBRET GOLD MINING ON THE HORIZON AS NEW JOINT VENTURE AGREED
The long anticipated prospect of gold mining taking place in the Clontibret area of Co Monaghan moved a significant step closer this week with the announcement by Irish company Conroy Gold that it had...
View ArticleREFURBISHED PATRICK KAVANAGH CENTRE OPENS TO PUBLIC
On Monday morning, 20th July 2020, what was described as a soft launch took place at the Patrick Kavanagh Centre Inniskeen, which has received an extensive refurbishment which cost in the region of €1...
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