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AARON MCKENNA BEATS FORMER WORLD CHAMPION TO CLAIM WBA INTERNATIONAL...
MAITIU MONAGHAN The first time I met Aaron McKenna, was in a Largy College changing room in 2013 for u14 football trials. Then only a mischievous, gangly teenager, the Smithborough man was a ball of...
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LOUGH MUCKNO MASTER PLAN MOVING FORWARD
Monaghan County Council has announced public consultation opportunities at the commencement of the preparation of a 10-year Master Plan for Lough Muckno and Environs, Castleblayney. There are a number...
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CLONES MAN ELECTED PRESIDENT OF IRISH LEAGUE OF CREDIT UNIONS
Brendan Jenkins from Clones has been elected President of the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU). A long-standing member of Clones Credit Union, which he joined nearly 40 years ago, he first served...
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CARRICK FACTORY SITE GOES ON THE MARKET AGAIN
The Newbaze plant in Carrickmacross has been put up for sale by the company, it emerged this week. The information was communicated to the members of the Carrickmacross- Castleblayney Municipal...
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ULSTER CHAMPIONSHIP
COLM SHALVEY A storming start set Monaghan up for a high-scoring win over Antrim in the Ulster MFC qualifiers in Clones on Saturday. Kevin Nolan’s side raced out of the blocks, racking up 2-8 (plus...
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SIGNIFICANT FUNDING T O INCREASE CHILDCARE PLACES IN COUNTY MONAGHAN
Over €5,334,000 in funding to expand early learning and childcare services across Cavan and Monaghan, part of a national €25 million investment under the Building Blocks Extension Scheme, was...
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SHOCK AND GRIEF FOLLOWING DEATH OF YOUNG MAGHERACLOONE MAN IN PORTUGAL
Deep shock and sadness in the Magheracloone and wider area of Co Monaghan have ensued following news of the death of a young local man in an apparent swimming tragedy while holidaying in Portugal ....
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MONAGHAN TOWN PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS OFFERED GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY TO RETROFIT
PETER HUGHES What is being promoted as a golden opportunity for private householders and owners of business and community premises in Monaghan Town to climb on board the energy retrofit train was...
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PROTEST AT CONVENT IN CASTLEBLAYNEY
Yesterday evening (Wednesday), after this newspaper went to press, there was a peaceful assembly in Castleblayney, which met at the Glencarn Hotel for 7pm and marched up to old Convent building in the...
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WREATH LAID TO MARK 51ST ANNIVERSARY OF MONAGHAN BOMBING
• Our picture by Rory Geary shows Cathaoirleach of the Monaghan Municipal District Councillor Seán Conlon laying a wreath at the memorial in Church Square to the victims of the 1974 no-warning car...
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HUMAN REMAINS FRAGMENTS FOUND IN ANNYALLA “DISAPPEARED” SEARCH
Fragments of human remains have been located at a site being investigated in Annyalla Cemetery in Co Monaghan as part of a search being conducted by the Independent Commission for the Location of...
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FAMILY OF HIT-AND-RUN VICTIM SHANE O’FARRELL RECEIVE STATE APOLOGY FROM...
By Veronica Corr Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan addressed Dáil Éireann on Tuesday, 27th May to issue an apology to the family of Shane O’Farrell, a 23-year-old man who was killed in a...
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MONAGHAN COUNCILLORS MAKE “MORE LOCAL POWERS” APPEAL AS NEW DEVELOPMENT...
PETER HUGHES Ireland operates to the same level of local democratic decision-making as applies in Vladimir Putin’s Russia and Viktor Orbán’s Hungary, a special meeting of Monaghan Co Council was told...
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NATIONAL ENTERPRISE ACCOLADE FOR MONAGHAN DIGITAL HEALTHCARE COMPANY
Spryt, the Monaghan Town-based digital healthcare company that has made a major impact with its AI solution to the problem of hospital appointment cancellations, has been honoured at the National...
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MEN’S ALL-IRELAND SFC GROUP 3
MAITIU MONAGHAN It’s the nature of the new All-Ireland beast that Monaghan are forced to get straight back onto the horse, and solidify their place in the knockout stages of the All-Ireland series....
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IDA IN “POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT” WITH POTENTIAL CLIENT FOR KNOCKACONNY FACILITY
The IDA is currently positively engaged in discussions with an Enterprise Ireland company about the use of the 1,400 square metre Advance Technology Building at the Knockaconny industrial park on the...
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OUTRAGE AS RYANAIR REFUSE DÁIRE’S POWER WHEELCHAIR ON LIVERPOOL FLIGHT
Airline Ryanair found itself the object of much criticism and outrage this week when it emerged that they had refused to allow 13- year-old Monaghan teenager Dáire Gorman to bring his power wheelchair...
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BEAUTIFUL VISION – SIGNIFICANT PLANNING PROGRESS FOR ST LOUIS CONVENT LANDS...
The monthly meeting of Monaghan Co Council saw Part VIII planning approval granted for the change of use of the former St Louis Chapel and Nursing Home buildings at the Convent Lands in Monaghan Town...
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A LOCAL MOTHER EXPRESSES HOPE OF BEING REUNITED WITH HER BOYS THIS SUMMER
By Veronica Corr Mandy Kelly, originally from Monaghan and currently residing in Dundalk, has been engaged in a three-year international struggle to reclaim her two children, Zahn and Kareem, from her...
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