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GALLAGHER JOINS AFL
COLM SHALVEY REPORTS Emyvale and Monaghan star Karl Gallagher has signed a two-year deal with AFL club Adelaide Crows. The 21-year-old has signed as a rookie with the Crows, having been on the radar...
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SUCCESS FOR COUNTY MONAGHAN SCHOOLS AT BT YOUNG SCIENTIST AWARDS
Students from Largy College in Clones and Ballybay Community College were conferred with Special Awards at the 2024 BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Largy College students Sadhbh Bonner...
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FORMER EMYVALE PUB TO BECOME COMMUNITY FACILITY IN DERELICTION INITIATIVE
A former licensed premises in the centre of Emyvale will be transformed into a community facility under an initiative to tackle dereliction and vacancy in rural towns and villages. Cavan/Monaghan TD...
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ROUNDABOUT NOW PROPOSED AS SOLUTION TO EMYVALE ROAD SAFETY ISSUES
The members of the Monaghan Municipal District were informed on Monday that Transport Infrastructure Ireland no longer considered a speed discrimination traffic lights system as the solution to road...
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WORST ROADS IN BALLYBAY/CLONES MUNICIPAL DISTRICT WILL TAKE AN ESTIMATED...
By Veronica Corr It will cost an estimated €22million to reinstate roads that are rated from 1-4 on the Pavement Surface Condition Index (PSCI), which Local Authorities use to evaluate the condition...
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COMMUNITY LINK PROJECT TO MARK 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF MONAGHAN BOMBING
A podcast series is being produced as part of a Community Link Project to mark this year’s 50th anniversary of the bombings in Dublin and Monaghan Town. People in the Monaghan community are being...
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LIVERPOOL FOOTBALL CLUB COMMEMORATE MONAGHAN FOUNDER
A cast-iron plaque commemorating the role that Monaghan man John McKenna played in the foundation of Liverpool FC was unveiled in the past week at the club’s Anfield ground. “Honest John”, as he was...
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HIQA DELIVERS POSITIVE ASSESSMENT OF CAVAN/MONAGHAN CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES
The Health Information and Quality Authority has delivered a positive assessment of the child protection and welfare services delivered by Tusla in the Cavan/Monaghan region. HIQA published an...
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MONAGHAN V KERRY
COLM SHALVEY REPORTS Monaghan hadn’t won a league or championship game minus both Conor McManus and Darren Hughes since 2013, while you had to go back even further to February 2006 (v Dublin at...
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235 UKRAINIANS IN HOST ACCOMMODATION IN COUNTY MONAGHAN
235 Ukrainian people displaced by the ongoing war in their country are currently living in host accommodation in Co Monaghan, statistics released this week disclosed. The 235 are accommodated in 113...
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MINISTERIAL PRAISE FOR COUNTY COUNCIL AS 359 VACANT SOCIAL HOMES RETURNED TO...
Monaghan Co Council has come in for praise from Minister for Housing, Heritage and Local Government, Darragh O’Brien TD for bringing 359 vacant social homes in the county back into active use between...
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INTERCONNECTOR: ANGER “PALPABLE” AMONG LANDOWNERS AT AUGHNAMULLEN MEETING
“The anger was palpable at the closed meeting of impacted landowners which was organised at short notice by Co Monaghan Anti Pylon Committee on Friday in Aughnamullen Community Centre,” a spokesperson...
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TAOISEACH LAUNCHESPROJECT CHILREN ARCHIVEBOUND FOR PEACE CAMPUS
By Veronica Corr Taoiseach Leo Varadkar visited Monaghan Town on Friday afternoon to officiate the launch of the Project Children Partnership with Monaghan County Council. Project Children’s complete...
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MAJOR JOBS ANNOUNCEMENTBY ‘BLAYNEY-BASED RENEWABLEENERGY SPECIALISTS
Diversified renewable energy group NRG Panel of Castleblayney has announced that it will create up to 125 new highly skilled jobs across the island of Ireland within the next three to five years. CEO...
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DERRY STATEMENT
COLM SHALVEYTALKING POINTS In a game where both sides managed impressive shot conversion rates of over 80%, it was Derry’s ability to eke out the bulk of the scoring chances (25 to 16) that made the...
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DRIVE-IN
MAITIU MONAGHAN ROSSMORE GOLF CLUB have kick started the 2024 golf season with their annual drive-in. At the event last Sunday, new Captain Des O’Connor, and new Ladies Captain Ann McKenna took to the...
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SOCCER LEGEND ALDRIDGE CAPTIVATES INVER PUPILS
By Colm Shalvey Inver College in Carrickmacross was a hive of activity on Monday as they gave a big welcome to former Republic of Ireland striker John Aldridge. Inver College Principal Ms. Sinéad...
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Christmas Swim at Emy Lake
Back in the late 1950’s the young Murphy and Morrough boys could never have imagined that what they were doing on Christmas Day would become an annual event attracting hundreds to the Emy Lake shore....
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DANGEROUS DISINFORMATION DISPELLED –PROMINENT BALLYBAY BUSINESS BUILDINGS...
PETER HUGHES Rumours fuelled by social media disinformation that two prominent former business premises in the town of Ballybay are being prepared for the housing of migrants are completely without...
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PLIGHT OF SCOTSTOWN GIRL AWAITINGSPINAL SURGERY RAISED IN DÁIL
The case of a two-year-old Scotstown girl awaiting spinal surgery was cited in the Dáil this week during a debate on a Sinn Féin motion which sought to address what local TDs from the party branded...
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