DEPT DECISIONS ALLEVIATE THREAT TO POST OFFICES SAYS MCENTEE
The Dept of Social Protection are to stop writing to welfare recipients inviting them to accept payments by electronic bank transfer – following protests by union leaders that the move was undermining...
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BISHOP MACDAID MAKES EASTER APPEAL TO PARISHES “TO WORK TOGETHER IN SHAPING...
“Some years down the road, the question will no longer be whether we have a local priest but whether we have active Christian communities witnessing to and passing on the message of Jesus,” stated the...
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‘TIL DEBT DO US PART!
GRIM REAPER? – This macabre on-street display by Clones Chamber of Commerce leaves Ulster Bank in no doubt about the strength of local feeling on the decision to close the branch tomorrow, Friday,...
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MICHELLE IS 2015 MONAGHAN ROSE
By Cianna McNally “I am so delighted and honoured to have been chosen to represent Monaghan at the Rose of Tralee Regional Festival in Portlaoise. I will be wearing my sash and flying the flag for...
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A QUACKING SUCCESS
The community of Laragh pulled out all the stops on Sunday last for the Laragh Easter 5k Ramble and Run and the Rubber Duck Race. The ‘Big Duck’ migrated from the N2 beside ‘The Meeting House’ at...
View ArticleJOBS INITIATIVE FOR COUNTY MONAGHAN
Michael Fisher Three government Ministers were in Carrickmacross on Monday to help drive a new jobs plan for County Monaghan and the surrounding border counties. With the Bose factory due to close at...
View ArticleSHARP EXCHANGES BETWEEN SF COUNCILLOR AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OVER HOUSING ISSUE
PETER HUGHES Whether there is a housing crisis in Co Monaghan, and whether housing waiting lists accurately reflect the level of genuine need for accommodation, were questions somewhat hotly debated at...
View ArticleA VISION FOR A NEW MONAGHAN MUSEUM
PETER HUGHES A vision for a new Co Museum development in a Monaghan Town location that would have a thematic focus on the cultural, historical and archaeological dimensions of the Border region was...
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ALL-IRELAND ‘HOME COOK 2015’ FINAL FOR ‘BLAYNEY SHOW!
BY PATSY McARDLE A HUGE all-Ireland boost for Castleblayney’s annual agricultural show this year was announced during the week with the disclosure that the final of the Irish Shows Association and the...
View ArticleAN IMPORTANT VISION
The development of a new Co Museum premises, a vision for which was outlined at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council, is one of the most important projects for the enhancement of our county...
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ULSTER BANK ATM RAID FAILS IN ‘BLAYNEY
AN early morning bid by a cross-border gang to snatch an ATM machine containing several thousand euro at the Ulster Bank premises on Dublin Road, Castleblayney, failed yesterday (Wed) when the raiders...
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STAGE IS SET FOR RALLY HIGHLIGHT!
Some of the members of Monaghan Motor Club at the launch of the 2015 The Hillgrove Hotel Monaghan Stages Rally, which will be held on Sunday 26th April. Included in the photo are (L-R) David Moffett,...
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MCDONAGH SHOES SPONSORS ROSSMORE OPEN THURSDAY
Every Thursday – from now to the end of the Summer – golfers can have a round and a grill for €20.00 at Rossmore Golf Club. The offer is up and running since last Thursday (April 16th) and has been the...
View ArticleWAITING LISTS FOR HOSPITAL PROCEDURES BEING IGNORED BY MINISTER SAYS HAGAN
Minister for Health Leo Varadkar was accused this week by Monaghan Hospital activist Tommy Hagan of ignoring the plight of the large number of Co Monaghan people facing lengthy delays in having...
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‘DARKNESS INTO LIGHT’ RETURNS ON MAY 9TH
Pieta House’s fundraising Darkness into Light 5km walk/run will again take place in Monaghan and Cavan in the early hours of Saturday, May 9. The 2015 launch was held in the Monaghan Harps GAA...
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NAME AND SHAME! – CO COUNCILLORS WANT LATEST LITTER STRATEGY TO FOCUS ON...
A strong desire to see offenders subjected to a tough “name and shame” campaign, with a greater emphasis on fines and enforcement through the use of CCTV surveillance, emerged at the April meeting of...
View ArticleREVENANT ROADS!
It must have looked so good on paper. The new streamlined model for local government in Ireland is now almost a year in operation but its progenitors will be perturbed as they look upon their fledging...
View ArticleSCHOOL TRANSPORT SERVICE NOT WITHDRAWN FROM SOUTH MONAGHAN LOCATION SAYS BUS...
A discussion at a recent meeting of Monaghan Co Council about the threatened withdrawal of school bus services from a location in South Monaghan because of the poor condition of a local road led to...
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WOULD YOU ‘BANK’ ON IT?
By Cianna McNally A proposal made this week at the April meeting of Ballybay-Clones Municipal District to ask Ulster Bank to consider donating the building that housed the Clones branch to the local...
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