SURVIVAL TIME
Monaghan chase that winning feeling in Galway play-off Colm Shalvey reports Two teams in urgent need of a moraleboostingTwo teams in urgent need of a moraleboosting win cross paths when Monaghan and...
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Monaghan ready to face the Kingdom Colm Shalvey There’s a significant change of scenery for the Monaghan ladies this Saturday, as they travel to Mountbellew-Moylough in Galway to take on Kerry in the...
View ArticleMINISTER RYAN SAYS INTERCONNECTOR REVIEW TEAM WILL BE APPOINTED SHORTLY
Michael Fisher During a Dáil session last week, Sinn Féin Deputy for Meath East, Darren O’Rourke, once again tackled the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, about the...
View ArticlePRESIDENTIAL PRAISE FOR COOTEHILL AUTHOR’S BOOK
President Michael D Higgins has expressed his praise for a bestselling book by Cootehill author, campaigner, and charity founder Ruairí McKiernan, saying that the volume – Hitching for Hope – A...
View ArticleSLIABH BEAGH WILDFIREBROUGHT QUICKLYUNDER CONTROL
A blaze which broke out on An Taisce land in the Sliabh Beagh area of North Monaghan on Sunday afternoon last was brought quickly under control by the crew of Monaghan Fire Service. Some two acres of...
View ArticleSENSATIONAL! –
Jack gives Minister positive verdict on Clones child development centre The delight on five-year-old Jack Hall’s face as he engaged with occupational therapist Brionán McAleer in pursuing his...
View ArticleSPYWARE ALERT FOR MONAGHAN PUBLIC
Gardaí in Monaghan have issued a warning in relation to spyware software called FluBot, which they have described as “malicious software affecting users of Android phones”. They said the spyware can...
View ArticleNEW MONAGHAN DIGI HUB
Some of the group at the sod turning for the new Digi Hub centre at M:Tek in Monaghan, were (L-R) Paul Shortt, Chairman, Enterprising Monaghan, Stephen Maguire, Rodney Brady Contractors, Rodney Brady....
View ArticleCONGRATULATIONS DAN!
Former GNR worker Dan Kerr from Clones, whose passion for the former railway system is well-known, reached a significant milestone on Saturday, celebrating his 100th birthday at the Sacred Hearts...
View ArticleSTEADY DECLINE IN COVID CASES IN MONAGHAN
Monaghan’s BioConnect Innovation Centre, shortly to launch construction of its €7 million facility at a 1,693-acre site at Knockaconny on the town’s Armagh Road, has embarked on a major consultation...
View ArticleMARIA SMYTH- IRELAND’S STRONGEST WOMAN
Annyalla resident Maria Smyth has been crowned Ireland’s Strongest Woman under 64kg at the Irish Strongwoman Competition held in Derry last weekend Competitors from all over the Country descended on...
View ArticlePRIDE FLAG RAISED AT MONAGHAN COUNTY COUNCIL HQ
Support and solidarity for Co Monaghan’s LGBTQ+ community was demonstrated with the raising of the Pride flag at the headquarters of Monaghan Co Council at Glen Road in Monaghan Town on Monday morning...
View ArticleHSE ONLINE BOOKING FOR COVID-19 TESTS IN MONAGHAN
Michael Fisher The HSE has extended its new online advance booking system for Covid-19 tests to Monaghan. Since last Friday, people living in Monaghan and Cavan will be able to log on to the online...
View ArticleSTEADY DECLINE IN COVID CASES IN MONAGHAN
Michael Fisher There has been a steady decline in the number of Covid cases in Monaghan, according to the latest data released by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC). Since the cyber...
View ArticleCONLON LEAVES CO COUNCIL MEETING AFTER METHOD OF RAISING N2 ISSUE CHALLENGED
Sinn Féin representative Seán Conlon staged a walkout protest at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council after his method of attempting to raise a pedestrian safety issue on the N2 was objected to by...
View ArticleCHRISTIAN ERIKSEN COLLAPSE AT EUROS PROMPTS CO COUNCIL CATHAOIRLEACH’S...
The dramatic incident during Saturday’s European Championship game between Denmark and Finland, when Danish player Christian Eriksen had to receive life-saving treatment on the pitch after suffering a...
View ArticleREPUBLIC OF IRELAND MANAGER PRAISES “FANTASTIC LEGACY” OF SEAN MCCAFFREY AS...
The legacy bequeathed by the late Monaghan soccer coach Sean McCaffrey to the sport on a regional and national level was paid tribute to by current Republic of Ireland senior manager Stephen Kenny...
View ArticleNEW STRATEGY AIMS TO PLACE MONAGHAN BUSINESSES AT FOREFRONT OF DIGITAL ECONOMY
• Co Council to develop Made in Monaghan brand and Citizen App – but better broadband vital to plan’s delivery say local reps The development of a Citizen App enabling Co Monaghan people to engage...
View ArticleFOOTBALL AND HURLING FANS MUST BE PROUD OF DOGGED MONAGHAN
Colm Shalvey reports Monaghan teams don’t often do things the easy way and that was certainly the case in a weekend where three county senior sides saw crucial league games go right down to the wire....
View Article2021 ULSTER CH’SHIP: STARTS SUNDAY
Colm Shalvey The Ulster Senior Football Championship gets underway this Sunday with a first-round fixture between Down and Donegal in Newry. Donegal were within one win of their first ever hat-trick...
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