HOLE FOUND ON PRIVATE LAND AT DRUMGOSSATT NOT MINING-RELATED GYPROC SITE...
By Veronica Corr Yesterday (Wednesday) afternoon, Monaghan County Council and Gyproc, on foot of a request from this newspaper, both issued statements following the discovery of a hole on private land...
View ArticleSOCCER CLUB AND RESOURCE CENTRE COMBINE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE
Monaghan Town FC and the Teach na nDaoine Family Resource Centre in Monaghan Town have come together in a health and wellbeing initiative aimed at young people. They have partnered with the Connecting...
View ArticleSADNESS AT PASSING OF FORMER SOUTH MONAGHAN CO COUNCILLOR
Packie Jones of Tonaneave, Magheracloone, who passed away on Wednesday last January 25, was a former member of Monaghan Co Council renowned for his advocacy on behalf of his community and for...
View ArticleMONAGHAN’S ST DYMPNA SUBJECT OF MAJOR NATIONAL GALLERY EXHIBITION
In the week when the important Irish saint Brigid is being celebrated, an exhibition has opened at the National Gallery in Dublin focusing on the life of St Dympna, the legendary 6th or 7th century...
View Article€3 MILLION INVESTMENT IN WALKING AND CYCLING PROJECTS IN CO MONAGHAN ANNOUNCED
Monaghan Co Council is to receive a €3 million share of a major national funding package announced yesterday, Wednesday for the further development of walking and cycling infrastructure in the county....
View ArticleEX-BRITISH SOLDIER CONVICTED OF AIDAN MCANESPIE MANSLAUGHTER TO BE SENTENCED
Sentence will be passed today, Thursday on the former member of the British Army convicted of the manslaughter of Co Tyrone man Aidan McAnespie at a Border checkpoint in 1988. Fifty-three-year-old...
View ArticleLATEST RESULTS FROM CO MONAGHAN GOLD DEPOSITS “EXCELLENT” SAYS CONROY
Further evidence of continuity between its Clontibret gold target and the Corcaskea area of Co Monaghan has been reported by mining company Conroy Gold and Natural Resources Plc. In what it described...
View ArticleCARRICKMACROSS WORKHOUSE 180 YEARS ON…
This Saturday, 11th February 2023, marks 180 years since the Carrickmacross Workhouse opened its doors in 1843, having been built two years earlier. It was one of 130 Workhouses built throughout...
View ArticleMONAGHAN CHILDREN FACING DISABILITY RESPITE SERVICES DISCRIMINATION SAYS SINN...
Families of children with disabilities in counties Monaghan and Cavan face discrimination when they seek respite services, Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy has told the Dáil Public Accounts Committee....
View ArticleCLONES MAN NAMED IRISH WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
Clones native Stevie Toye has been named as the Irish Wedding Photographer of the Year at the Irish Wedding Awards 2023. Top wedding specialists gathered at The Crowne Plaza Hotel Dublin Airport and...
View ArticleFAMILY OF AIDAN McANESPIE PRAISED AS “INSPIRATIONAL” AFTER EX-SOLDIER GETS...
The family of Aidan McAnespie was described as “a credit to his memory and an inspiration to many other victims and families of British forces during the conflict” by Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy after a...
View ArticleKERRY CAN’T BE STOPPED AS VINNIE LOOKS TO NEXT BIG BATTLE
Both teams were much-changed from their last meeting 11 months ago, but the outcome was all too familiar. Kerry made light of the absence of star names like David Clifford and Seán O’Shea (who left...
View ArticleVICTORY THE TARGET FOR MONAGHAN
Colm Shalvey Monaghan’s search for their first points of the Allianz NFL Division One campaign continues with part one of a home double-header v Donegal in Clones this Sunday. Losses to Armagh and...
View ArticleSHOULD “DANGEROUS” DOGS BE BANNED FROM CO MONAGHAN HOUSING ESTATES?
Whether certain breeds of dog should be the subject of a ban in local authority housing estates was a matter which featured in a discussion during Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. Fianna...
View ArticleNUREMORE MANAGEMENT AND IPAS STATE THAT THE FACILITY WILL NOT BECOME A DIRECT...
By Veronica Corr This week, Nuremore Hotel management were hopeful that all wages outstanding would be in their accounts as we went to press today, Thursday, February 15th. Hotel management and a...
View Article€16.2 MILLION FOR CO MONAGHAN REGIONAL AND LOCAL ROADS
Funding of €16,222,270 has been allocated to Monaghan Co Council to invest in the maintenance and strengthening of regional and local roads in 2023, it was announced this week. The announcement was...
View ArticleCONCERNS RAISED OVER SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS ON COUNTY MONAGHAN ROADS
The implementation of future road safety measures in Co Monaghan should take particular account of pedestrians, Sinn Féin representative Noel Keelan urged at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council....
View ArticleCOOTEHILL MIGRANT PROTEST WAS “FUELLED BY DANGEROUS MISINFORMATION” SAYS...
National refugee and migrant rights organisation Doras said this week that a recent anti-refugee protest in Cootehill, as well as similar events in other parts of the country, were “fuelled by...
View ArticleMAJOR INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS FOR MONAGHAN SINGER-SONGWRITER
Monaghan folk-acoustic musician Ryan Sheridan has been announced as winner of the Overall Grand Prize, and the prize for Best Male Artist, at the 19th annual IAMA or International Acoustic Music...
View ArticleFIT FOR PURPOSE! – POLITICIANS EMBRACE THE WELLBEING HABIT IN THREEMILEHOUSE
When in Rome… Threemilehouse has become something of a personal fitness and wellbeing Mecca in recent times thanks to judicious investment from Government Department funding streams to enhance the...
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