DATES CONFIRMED FOR FREE CHRISTMAS PARKING IN MONAGHAN TOWN
The Monaghan Municipal District has confirmed that free parking in Monaghan Town for the Christmas and New Year period will commence from 12 noon daily on Monday December 5 and continue until Monday...
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CATHAOIRLEACH TAKES LORD OF THE DANCE ROLE AT UKRAINIAN CELEBRATIONS
Co Council Cathaoirleach Seán Conlon found himself elected to the Lord of the Dance role when Monaghan’s new Ukrainian community celebrated their important Defenders Day holiday on Friday last...
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PERSONAL SAFETY AND TRANSPORT CONCERNS HIGHLIGHTED AS IRELAND’S RURAL WOMEN...
Continuing personal safety fears among Irish women, and their concerns over the lack of adequate transport infrastructure in rural Ireland, were two of the main themes explored at a national...
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BORDER ROAD ACCIDENT CLAIMS LIFE OF NOTED MUSICIAN
A well-known musician was killed in a road traffic accident close to the Border at Middletown, Co Armagh on Monday last. Twenty-eight-year-old Barry Mohan, from Aughnacloy, lost his life in the...
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SIGNIFICANT DIGITAL EXPANSION FOR MONAGHAN TIMBER FRAME MANUFACTURER
”Monaghan-based IJM Timber Engineering has secured funding under Enterprise Ireland’s ‘Built to Innovate’ initiative, a programme aimed at achieving faster, higher-quality construction of housing by...
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BORDER BUSINESSES FACING ENERGY PLIGHT – TD APPEALS TO TAOISEACH FOR SPECIAL...
The economy of Co Monaghan and the wider Border region was facing severe pressures because of soaring energy costs, Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Smith told Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD in the Dáil last week....
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SINN FÉIN TO SEEK ABOLITION OF CHARGES AT MONAGHAN MINOR INJURY UNIT SAYS CARTHY
Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy has welcomed confirmation he has received from the RCSI that the Minor Injuries Unit at Monaghan Hospital will have expanded opening hours from November 1 and will be...
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GLASLOUGH SECURE INTERNATIONALCOMMUNITIES IN BLOOM ACCOLADE IN CANADA
The North Monaghan village of Glaslough added to its distinguished roll of honour by securing the International Communities in Bloom Award in Canada last weekend. The two-time National Tidy Towns...
View ArticleFIREWORKS WARNING FROM GARDAÍ AS LOCAL PETS GO MISSING
Reports of pets going missing after being frightened by the setting off of “bangers” and other firework devices in the past week has prompted the Gardaí in Monaghan to issue a pre-Hallowe’en warning...
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SIRO ANNOUNCES €6 MILLION INVESTMENT IN NEW FULL FIBRE BROADBAND NETWORK FOR...
By Veronica Corr SIRO, the broadband network operator, made a presentation to Carrickmacross/ Castleblayney Municipal District on Monday morning, announcing that it is investing €6 million in the...
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EXPANDED MONAGHAN MINOR INJURY UNIT HOURS ONLY A TEMPORARY MEASURE SAYS CO...
The recently heralded extension of hours at Monaghan Hospital’s Minor Injury Unit was a temporary measure that would remain in place only until the end of the HSE’s Winter Plan for 2022/23,...
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CANNABIS SEIZED IN CARRICKMACROSS
An Operation Tara initiative by Gardaí in the Carrickmacross area last week found a quantity of suspected cannabis herb in a residence in the town. A man in his 20s was arrested following the search...
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CO COUNCIL CALLS FOR SPECIAL SUPPORT MEASURES FOR LONG COVID SUFFERERS
Monaghan Co Council on Tuesday supported a proposal from Sinn Féin representative Pat Treanor, seconded by his party colleague Noel Keelan, calling on the Department of Health to introduce employment...
View ArticleHOUSING REFUSALS A GRAVE ISSUE IN MONAGHAN
One of the reasons offered for the refusal of a local authority house in Monaghan was that the dwelling in question was opposite a graveyard and the person in question would feel depressed, a report...
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BALLYBAY HORSE BREEDER AND WIFE KILLED IN N2 COLLISION
A three-vehicle road traffic accident on the N2 near Castleblayey on Thursday last October 27 claimed the lives of a well-known Ballybay horse breeder and his wife. Ronnie and Jean Hollinger from...
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DECEASED MAN FOUND IN MAGHERACLOONE
Gardaí in Carrickmacross are investigating the discovery of a body in unexplained circumstances on Tuesday, 1st November 2022. A Garda press release issued on Tuesday afternoon confirmed the...
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EMYVALE ROAD ACCIDENT VICTIM LAID TO REST
The Funeral Mass took place this, Thursday morning at St Patrick’s Church, Corracrin of Owen McKenna (Hughie), Drumgeeny, Emyvale, who died after being struck by a van on the N2 on Wednesday evening,...
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NEW MONAGHAN CAR-PARK WON’T BE COMPLETED FOR TWO-THREE MONTHS
It would take a period of two-three months before the new car-park development at the Broad Road in Monaghan Town was fully completed, Tuesday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council was informed. Whether...
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FEARS RAISED OVER NEW BORDER TRAVEL REGIME PROPOSALS
The Border Communities Against Brexit (BCAB) campaign group issued a warning this week that proposals to introduce an Electronic Travel Authorisation or ETA scheme, which could come into effect next...
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PRESTIGIOUS AWARD FOR LATTON COMMUNITY ACTIVIST
Latton community activist Christina Weldon has been named Monaghan’s Most Inspirational Person. Christina was a winner in the Inspiration Awards initiative run by the Gala Retail group with support...
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