KERRY ON A HIGH
MONAGHAN 1-12KERRY 3-14Venue: Pairc Grattan, Inniskeen Monaghan’s wait for a first win of their Allianz NFL Division One continued with a sobering defeat against table-toppers Kerry at a blustery...
View ArticleSINN FÉIN DELIVERS DÁIL PLEDGE ON MONAGHAN HOSPITAL MINOR INJURIES UNIT...
Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Health David Cullinane told the Dáil on Tuesday that his party in government would prioritise the expansion of services at the Minor Injury Unit at Monaghan Hospital. Deputy...
View ArticleINTERCONNECTOR REVIEW TO BE DELIVERED THIS MONTH
Michael Fisher The so-called ‘review of reviews’ of the North South interconnector will be presented to the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications by “early March”. This was revealed by...
View ArticleNATIONWIDE TURNS SPOTLIGHT ON COUNTY MONAGHAN
RTÉ 1’s popular magazine programme Nationwide is turning its spotlight on Co Monaghan throughout next week. Each of the programme’s three editions – on Monday, Wednesday and Friday following the...
View ArticlePOLITICIANS CONDEMN SERIOUS ASSAULT ON CAVAN GARDA
A serious assault on a member of the Gardaí at Blacklion in Co Cavan in the early hours of Monday morning last has been widely condemned. It is believed that the 29-year-old Garda member had pulled...
View ArticleFIANNA FÁIL TD URGES TAOISEACH TO EXPEL RUSSIAN AMBASSADOR AS MONAGHAN STANDS...
Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan/Monaghan Niamh Smyth has written a personal letter to Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD asking him to expel Russian Ambassador to Ireland Yuri Filatov following his country’s...
View ArticleSIX SCHOOLS PERFORM WITH DISTINCTION DURING EU MODEL COUNCIL DEBATE ON MIGRATION
Article by Barbara Nolan, Head of the European Commission Representation in Dublin The results are in from the 2022 Model Council of the European Union debating competition. Six teams rose above...
View ArticleC’MON MONAGHAN
Monaghan need to take something from ‘Fortress Ballybofey’ COLM SHALVEY REPORTS Monaghan will be chasing that elusive winning feeling and crucial Allianz NFL points when they travel to Ballybofey to...
View ArticleMONAGHAN STAY ON TRACK
UNDER-20 PHILLY MCGUINESS CUP COLM SHALVEY REPORTS Monaghan’s U-20 footballers claimed a second consecutive narrow win in the Philly McGuinness Cup when they finished strongly to pip Armagh in a...
View ArticleMINISTER HUMPHREYS OPENS NEW RECEPTION CENTRE AT DUBLIN AIRPORT FOR UKRAINIAN...
Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys TD was at Dublin Airport yesterday, Wednesday to formally open a new reception centre for Ukrainian People who have fled the Russian invasion. Minister...
View ArticleIMPACT OF RISING FUEL COSTS BEING FELT IN MONAGHAN AS GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES...
A call by Monaghan Co Council on Monday for the Government to act to deal with the spiralling cost of motor fuel and home heating oil was prescient of yesterday, Wednesday’s announcement that...
View ArticleCOMBILIFT CUTS TIES WITH RUSSIA AND BELARUS AS MONAGHAN HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS...
Monaghan’s global leaders in forklift production Combilift announced this week that they cut all trade ties with Russia and ceased equipment production and sales to the country following its invasion...
View ArticleMINISTER RYAN INVITED TO MONAGHAN TO SEE “ATROCIOUS CONDITION” OF LOCAL ROADS
Monaghan Co Council agreed on Monday to invite Minister for Climate Action, Communications and Transport Eamon Ryan TD to the county to view what Fianna Fáil local public representative Seamus Coyle...
View ArticleCUP VICTORY PROVES GOREY ARE CLASS ACT
GOREY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 1-13PATRICIAN HIGH SCHOOL CARRICKMACROSS..0-09 COLM SHALVEY REPORTS Patrician High School, Carrickmacross fell short in their bid for a second All-Ireland PPS Senior Football...
View ArticleREGIONAL TOUR GUIDES AND VIDEOS WILL HELP UNVEIL THE HIDDEN GEMS OF MONAGHAN
The county of Monaghan might not have been seen traditionally as a tourist destination, but that is now changing, according to Mary Mullen from Knockatallon, the Chair of Monaghan Integrated...
View ArticleWHAT A SHOWCASE FOR LIZ!
Showcase 2022, the annual trade show for the craft and gift market in the RDS, went ahead this year and proved a great success for local handweaver Liz Christy. Based in Annyalla, Liz makes scarves,...
View ArticleIMPORTANT BROADBAND MILESTONE FOR CO MONAGHAN
Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys TD joined with National Broadband Ireland’s CEO Peter Hendrick and Chairman David McCourt at the Moffett Automated Storage premises in...
View ArticleMINISTER’S DÁIL PRAISE FOR YOUNG CASTLEBLAYNEY AUTHOR
A 14-year-old student from Castleblayney who has written a book about legendary local community activist Sr Celine McArdle was singled out for praise by Minister for Community and Rural Development...
View ArticleNAMING OF CO MONAGHAN ESTATES SHOULD TAKE NEW COMMUNITIES INTO CONSIDERATION,...
The practice of giving Irish language names only to new housing estate developments in Co Monaghan should be refrained from in the future in light of the significant proportion of the county’s...
View ArticleTHE GREEN AND THE GOLD
Donna’s medal brings early St Patrick’s Day joy to Top of the Tots kids The kids of Monaghan’s Top of the Tots childcare facility jumped at the chance to get all dressed up early for St Patrick’s Day...
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