SIGNIFICANT EXPANSION IN PROSPECT AT MONAGHAN INSTITUTE
A funding application has been made to the further education and training agency Solas to significantly expand the facilities available at Monaghan Institute, the education facility’s 2022 graduation...
View ArticleSINN FÉIN HONOURS GROUND-BREAKINGFORMER MONAGHAN TD
Distinguished figures from the present and recent past of Sinn Féin came together at the Four Seasons Hotel in Monaghan Town on Saturday night last to do honour to the former Cavan/Monaghan TD whose...
View ArticleRESTRICTION MEASURES IMPOSED AFTERBIRD FLU OUTBREAK ON CLONES TURKEY FARM
The culling of 3,800 turkeys on a Clones commercial poultry farm in a location close to the Border commenced on Tuesday morning last after avian influenza was detected in the flock. The Department of...
View Article€2.6 MILLION FUNDING FOR KNOCKCONAN REGENERATION PROJECT
A project to develop a Blackwater Valley Rural Enterprise and Digital Hub in the Knockconan area of North Monaghan has been allocated funding of €2.6 million. The allocation was announced by...
View ArticleFÁILTE ISTEACH, HEATHER! – MONAGHAN’S MIGRANT COMMUNITY SHARES NEW SAFE SPACE...
Representatives of migrant communities in Co Monaghan are pictured by Rory Geary greeting Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys on her arrival at the new Monaghan Migrant Support Centre on...
View ArticleCHRISTMAS SHOP LOCAL CAMPAIGN IS LAUNCHED
Pictured at the official launch of #MyMonaghanChristmas are from left: Claire Cunningham, Cathal O’Gorman, John Tobin, Monaghan Co Council Cathaoirleach Seán Conlon, Martina Quinn, Siobhán Sherry,...
View ArticleNORTHERN AND WESTERN REGION SET FOR INVESTMENT OF €217 MILLION
The European Commission has formally approved new investment totalling €217 million of European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) to support regional development schemes across Ireland’s northern and...
View ArticleSCOTSTOWN RALLY SCHOOL RECOGNISED BY MINISTER FOR RECYCLING EFFORTS
Minister Ossian Smyth, Minister of State with responsibility for Public Procurement, eGovernment and Circular Economy recently recognised the participation of Rally School Ireland, Scotstown in the...
View ArticleBUILDING OF NEW CO COUNCIL OFFICES CONTRIBUTES TO SIGNIFICANT RATES RISE IN...
The rate levied on commercial premises in Co Monaghan in 2023 will increase by 5% – a hike accounted for in part by a decision made by majority vote at Monday’s Budget meeting of Monaghan Co Council...
View ArticleCROWDS GENERATE FESTIVE FERVOUR AS MONAGHAN LIGHTS THE WAY TO CHRISTMAS
The first full-scale switch-on ceremony for the Monaghan Town Christmas lighting system since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic brought large crowds to the county capital’s commercial heartland on...
View ArticleCO COUNCIL WILL DECIDE WHO GETS MCVERRY HOUSES IN MONAGHAN
Monaghan Co Council will determine who becomes the tenants of housing which the Peter McVerry Trust plan to provide in the Monaghan Town area, Monday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District was...
View ArticleSECOND MONAGHAN BIRD FLU OUTBREAK DETECTED
The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that a second outbreak of avian influenza had been identified at a turkey farm in Co Monaghan. The Department said on Tuesday evening that test results had...
View ArticleSINN FÉIN TO HOST OPEN PUBLIC MEETING IN INNISKEEN
Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD will visit Monaghan next week (Tuesday, 29th November) and will address a public meeting in Inniskeen Community Centre at 7.30pm. Local Sinn Féin TDs Matt...
View ArticleMENS HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
Men’s health was to the forefront last week, thanks to the Crocus Men’s Den, as the Movember campaign enters its last week. Monaghan town was centre stage for a range of events highlighting men’s...
View ArticleALMOST €780,000 FOR OUTDOOR PROJECTS IN CO MONAGHAN
Minister for Rural and Community Development, local TD Heather Humphreys, has announced almost €780,000 in funding for outdoor recreation projects in Co Monaghan. The major investment, under the...
View ArticleEMYVALE CRAFTSPERSON HONOURED
Emyvale furniture designer Barry Todd has been announced as a recipient of an Emerging Maker Residencies & Training Award by the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland at a ceremony in Dublin’s...
View ArticleTRIBUTES FLOW FOLLOWING PASSING OF FORMER GAA PRESIDENT AND MONAGHAN MANAGER...
A flow of tributes has followed the news of the passing of former GAA President and Monaghan county football team manager Seán McCague. Mr McCague, from Stracrunnion, Scotstown, passed away on...
View ArticleFORMER BRITISH SOLDIER CONVICTED OF AIDEN MCANESPIE MANSLAUGHTER
A former British soldier has been convicted of the manslaughter of 23-year-old Aiden McAnespie on the Monaghan-Tyrone Border at Aughnacloy in February 1988. In a verdict delivered at Belfast Crown...
View ArticleMONAGHAN PUBLIC ASKED TO USE MINOR INJURY UNIT AS CAVAN HOSPITAL EXPERIENCES...
Co Monaghan people were this week asked to use the Minor Injury Unit at Monaghan Hospital or avail of the services of their local GPs for non-urgent medical care because of severe delays being...
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