MINISTER HUMPHREYS HOLDS BRIEFING WITH GARDA COMMISSIONER IN MONAGHAN
The Cavan/Monaghan TD, who has temporarily taken charge of the Justice portfolio at Cabinet during the maternity leave of Helen McEntee TD, also met with Chief Superintendent Aidan Glacken and...
View ArticleMONAGHAN PLAN JUVENILE SEASON FROM NEXT MONTH
Monaghan GAA plan to start the long-delayed juvenile season as soon as permitted early next month, while collective training for adult club teams is poised to return next week. There was a tangible...
View ArticleFOOTBALL OPENING A POSITIVE
Colm Shalvey reports Last weekend marked the 16th anniversary of a famous win for Monaghan, when a combination of Paul Finlay’s trusted left boot and Meath sub Mark Ward’s right fist led to a euphoric...
View ArticleMONAGHAN GAA PLAN CONDENSED CLUB SEASON FOR NEXT MONTH
COLM SHALVEY Monaghan GAA plan to start another condensed club season early next month, following the return of collective training for adult club teams this week. The county’s fixtures committee sent...
View ArticleAWAY DAYS
Monaghan will have to make winning start at neutral venue Colm Shalvey reports on the eve of an Allianz National Football League campaign with a difference, Monaghan already face a big game against...
View ArticleMEMORIAL DAY @ MULLINAHINCH HOUSE PRIVATE NURSING HOME
Memorial Day held at Mullinahinch House Private Nursing Home to remember those who sadly died in 2020 due to Covid. A weeping willow tree was planted and a plaque erected. Picture above left to right:...
View ArticleEUROPE IS WORKING FOR MONAGHAN:
Minister Thomas Byrne highlights 700,000 jobs created in Ireland Since Joining the EU in 1973 On Europe Day 2021, Minister for European Affairs Thomas Byrne TD highlights the estimated 700,000 jobs...
View ArticleHELICOPTER CALLED IN TO SEARCH FOR MISSING GIRL IN BRAGAN
Saturday evening involving the Coastguard rescue helicopter had a happy ending when a missing youth was found safe and well. A call went out on social media to people to keep a look out for a 14...
View Article‘REVIEW’ OF NORTH SOUTH ELECTRICITY PROJECT REVEALED BY FIANNA FÁIL CAME 24...
Michael Fisher Following a meeting of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party on 24th March, Monaghan Senator Robbie Gallagher revealed that in response to a question from him, An Taoiseach Micheál Martin...
View ArticleFIRST CUT IS THE SWEETEST AS LOCKDOWN BEGINS TO LIFT…
For Danny Murphy and many other Monaghan people on Monday last, the first cut was the sweetest as life after the worst of lockdown began with a good haircut. Danny was one of the first clients at...
View ArticleZONED LAND “HOARDERS” HOLDING BACK CO MONAGHAN HOUSING PROGRESS
CO COUNCIL TO GET EXPERT ADVICE ON LACK OF TOWN AND VILLAGE PRIVATE HOUSING;“DEZONING” LAND COULD BE PERILOUS APPROACH, MEETING TOLD What contribution people “hoarding” land zoned for housing in Co...
View ArticleLORD ROSSMORE REMEMBERED AS A FRIEND AND BENEFACTOR OF COUNTY MONAGHAN
News of the death in London on May 4 last in his 90th year of William Warner Westenra, the 7th Baron Rossmore, evoked sadness and tributes in Co Monaghan where the Rossmore name is closely woven into...
View ArticleTIME TICKING FOR MONS
Farney alert to big Donegal threat after loss to Armagh Monaghan’s Allianz National Football League Division One North campaign doesn’t get any easier, as they face a trip to Ballybofey to face a...
View ArticleMAD ABOUT MONAGHAN INITIATIVE MAKING AN IMPACT AS WEBSITE READIES TO LAUNCH
Mad About Monaghan or MAM, the business promotion initiative conceived by local businesswoman Elizabeth McGuinness two years ago before the onset of Covid-19 but providing of increasing relevance to...
View ArticleEIRGRID ACCUSED OF “RECKLESS RISK” IN PROCEEDING WITH INTERCONNECTOR PROJECT
EirGrid was accused at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council by Sinn Féin’s Pat Treanor of exhibiting “reckless risk” in pressing ahead with plans to construct its north-south interconnector project...
View ArticleMONAGHAN CONTRACTORS AND SUPPLIERS ENCOURAGED TO ENGAGE IN PROCUREMENT PROCESS
Monaghan Co Council has called on contractors and materials suppliers in Co Monaghan to register to take part in procurement for the provision of services to the local authority and for participation...
View ArticleDUMPING OF DEAD LAMBS AT SLIABH BEAGH CONDEMNED
There has been widespread condemnation of the dumping of around 35 carcases of dead lambs in the scenic Sliabh Beagh area of North Monaghan. The dead animals were discovered along the popular Esh...
View ArticleNATIONAL ACCLAIM FOR NEXT GENERATION OF CO MONAGHAN ENTREPRENEURS
Students from schools in Monaghan Town and Castleblayney have demonstrated that the baton of Co Monaghan entrepreneurial endeavour is being passed on into safe hands by claiming prestigious national...
View ArticleOPPOSITION TO DELISTING OF GAVAN DUFFY BIRTHPLACE BELATED SAY MONAGHAN...
There was puzzlement and some irritation among the members of the Monaghan Municipal District on Monday to opposition which seems to have belatedly emerged in the local community to the removal of the...
View ArticleSMITHBOROUGH’S LORRAINE TO RECEIVE IRELAND’S HIGHEST ACADEMIC HONOUR
Prof. Lorraine O’Driscoll (nee McElroy), Chair of Pharmacology and Biomedicine at Trinity College Dublin, from Annamartin, Smithborough, is being inducted into the Royal Irish Academy, Ireland’s...
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