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View ArticleRUGBY ON PATH TO BECOMING ANOTHER “RICH MAN’S GAME”?
JACK MADDEN casts a cautionary eye on the multi-million euro funding deal for the Six Nations and finds a mismatch between financial and emotional investment… Money, money, money,/It’s a rich man’s...
View ArticleMARK BACKS GOLF RETURN
Colm Shalvey reports The return of non-contact sports training for children, along with a re-opening of golf (PICTURED) and tennis for all ages, are under consideration as part of the Government’s...
View ArticleNEW BUSINESS INITIATIVE TO MAKE MONAGHAN A TOP STAYCATION DESTINATION
An exciting new initiative is taking shape in Monaghan to make the area one of the country’s leading ‘staycation’ destinations when the tourism and hospitality sector emerges from its Covid-19-imposed...
View ArticleNO PARADES BUT MONAGHAN COURTHOUSE GLOWS GREEN FOR ST PATRICK’S DAY
While parades and other traditional St Patrick’s Day celebrations had to be foregone this year due to the prevailing Covid-19 restrictions, yesterday’s feast of the national apostle was marked in a...
View ArticleILLEGAL DUMPING AND JOYRIDING THREATENING RUIN OF BRAGAN AMENITY
Municipal District calls for measures to resolve “serious social issue” The amenity value of the Bragan and wider Sliabh Beagh in North Monaghan area was being threatened by illegal dumping, joyriding...
View ArticleST PATRICK AND EVANGELYN SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS IN MONAGHAN
A young girl, Evangelyn, poses with one of the images of St Patrick that were placed at locations in the centre of Monaghan Town by The Acts Community Church, as part of their St Patrick’s Day...
View ArticleMONAGHAN MD MEMBERS REFLECT MOUNTING PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO ROSSMORE PARK MAST...
The seven members of the Monaghan Municipal District agreed on Monday to write to Cellnex Ireland voicing their personal opposition to the location of a telecommunications mast close to the Rossmore...
View ArticleMONAGHAN HEALTH TECH BUSINESS ACQUIRED BY US SOFTWARE COMPANY
Monaghan health tech company Avail Support has been acquired by leading US software company, CentralReach. Avail Support has developed avail, an award-winning digital platform that helps individuals —...
View ArticleMONAGHAN CHURCH LEADERS UNITE IN PLEA FOR RETURN TO WORSHIP
Protestant, Methodist and Pentecostal Church leaders in Monaghan have come together in a call on the Government to reconsider the closure of places of worship under Covid-19 restrictions. In an open...
View Article21-YEAR-OLD PLEADS GUILTY TO MANSLAUGHTER OF CARRICKMACROSS MAN
A 21-year-old man of no fixed abode entered a guilty plea at the Central Criminal Court last week to the manslaughter of a Carrickmacross man by setting fire to his house. 61-year-old Gerry Marron at...
View ArticleA GRAIN OF RICE CAN TIP THE SCALES
JACK MADDEN talks to Shane Rice, the Scotstown fitness coach negotiating an exciting career path through the uncharted waters of the global pandemic A global pandemic-driven re-evaluation of life...
View ArticleTHE GAA QUALIFIERS
Colm Shalvey reports This year marks two decades since the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship underwent its biggest structural change in a century with the introduction of the qualifier system,...
View ArticleSINN FÉIN MEETING HEARS CALL FOR GOVERNMENT ACTION ON BANK OF IRELAND BRANCH...
The Government must use its substantial stake in the Bank of Ireland to prevent the closures of local branches in Clones and Castleblayney. That was the clear message from a public meeting organised...
View ArticleMONAGHAN BRANCH LIBRARY BUILDING TO GO ON OPEN MARKET DESPITE CALLS FOR ITS...
Monaghan Co Council voted on Monday to put the building that currently houses the branch library on Monaghan Town’s North Road on the open market to ascertain if there was private sector interest in...
View ArticleCOUNCIL.” LOCAL PRIEST FACES JAIL THREAT FOR SAYING MASS!
PATSY McARDLE A local priest declared at the weekend he would opt for a jail term, rather than pay a fine for saying Mass! Reverend Father P J Hughes, who is parish priest of Mullahoran in...
View ArticleBLOCKBUSTER FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT FOR MONAGHAN’S HOLLYWOOD!
AMENITY GETS €276,385 FOR MAJOR UPGRADE Hollywood Forest Park in North Monaghan is set for a major upgrade of its amenities following Monday’s announcement by Minister for Rural and Community...
View ArticleGRADUAL DECREASE IN COVID FIGURES IN MONAGHAN AS COUNTRY AWAITS LOCKDOWN CHANGES
Michael Fisher As the country prepares for a further government announcement about Covid-19 public health measures on Easter Monday, Monaghan is now among the counties with the lowest rate of the...
View ArticlePANDEMIC CRIME TRENDS DOWN BUT COCAINE A FACTOR IN RISE IN MONAGHAN DRUG...
When there was a downward trend in crimes such as assaults and burglaries during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, incidences of drink and drug driving in Co Monaghan were on the increase and this was a...
View ArticleFUNDRAISERS: WATTERS’ DINER CREATES ‘NUDIE BURGER’ FOR CHARITY
COLM SHALVEY Powering over the finish line of their lengthy lockdown challenge, Lough Egish brothers Ciarán, Tony and Breandan Ward have raised over €27,000 in their marathon fundraiser for SOSAD...
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