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CROSS-BORDER PUSH FOR ELECTRICITY INTERCONNECTOR
Energy Minister Says North/South Transmission Line is Critical for All-Island Market Michael Fisher As EirGrid prepares for planning battles on both sides of the border for the proposed North/South...
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CATHY CONQUERS COMPETITION TO BECOME BAKE OFF CHAMPION!
By Cianna McNally “At the time I felt shocked but absolutely delighted to have won! Now that it’s all out in the open, I’m getting to relive that and share it with everyone who’s been watching from...
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MCELVANEY CONFRONTED WITH RESIGNATION CALL BY CO COUNCIL
PETER HUGHES Underfire public representative Hugh McElvaney has been requested to resign from the membership of Monaghan Co Council. The Council at a specially convened meeting yesterday, Wednesday...
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CHRISTMAS FOOD HAMPERS DISTRIBUTED BY MONAGHAN LIONS CLUB
Over 150 households have been provided with Christmas food hampers thanks to the annual food appeal by Monaghan Lions Club. Lions collected at three locations in town over the weekend: at Flemings...
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MONAGHAN ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANISATIONS RECEIVE DEPT FUNDING
Two animal welfare organisations in Co Monaghan have benefited from funding announced by the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney on Friday. Monaghan SPCA, based at Killydonagh, Emyvale, has been...
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GREATER PROMOTION OF SLIABH BEAGH TOURISM POTENTIAL URGED
Sinn Féin member of Monaghan Co Council Cathy Bennett has taken up the cause of an enhanced promotional drive for the tourism value of the Sliabh Beagh area. Feeling in the locality that it is missing...
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IN MEMORIAM KIERAN MCAREE: FIRST ANNIVERSARY
It’s just over a year since Kieran McAree went missing in Enniskillen. The remains of the 23 year-old from Stramore, Glaslough, were recovered from the waters at the Round O jetty 64 days later after...
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LOCAL SAMARITANS BRANCH BUSIER THAN EVER
Drogheda & North East Branch of Samaritans – which serves counties Monaghan, Cavan, Louth and Meath – have had their busiest year to date answering 26,194 calls in the last 12 months. Details of...
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KEELAN SLAMS RECENT SPATE OF ILLEGAL DUMPING IN AND AROUND CARRICK
By Veronica Corr Sinn Fein Cllr. Noel Keelan, addressing yesterday’s meeting of Carrickmacross/Castleblayney Municipal District, slammed the recent spate of illegal dumping in and around Carrickmacross...
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COMPO CALL ON IRISH WATER!
Utility should reimburse hard water users for resultant expense says Colr Bennett PETER HUGHES Irish Water should compensate people in Co Monaghan who have been put to expense because of the hardness...
View ArticleSOSAD ON HAND IF NEEDED OVER CHRISTMAS
SOSAD Carrickmacross have this week expressed thanks to everyone for their continuous support and donations throughout the year. The organisation, which deals with the problems arising from suicide,...
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2016 WILL BE ‘GREAT YEAR FOR CO. MONAGHAN’
By PATSY McARDLE IN a widely-ranging Christmas and New Year message to all the citizens of Co. Monaghan, the Cathaoirleach of Monaghan County Council, Cllr. Noel Keelan (Carrickmacross) said his hopes...
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’BLAYNEY DRIVER (72) ADMITS CAUSING DEATH OF MOTORCYCLIST
A 72-YEAR-OLD Castleblayney man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of a motorcyclist in a collision that occurred on the main road between Carrickmacross and Castleblayney on 9th...
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DEPUTY CONLAN HITS OUT AT ‘BIZARRE’ DEPARTMENT SHIFT FROM BALLYBAY
IN the wake of increasing community public anger in Ballybay over the decision last year to re-locate the Department of Social Protection offices in the mid-Monaghan town, to another premises in...
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MINISTER TO LAUNCH CLONES BATTLE OF THE SOMME EVENT
By Cianna McNally Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys TD will launch a History Ireland Hedge School in Clones next month. ‘The Somme: what actually happened,’ Hedge School...
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MARY’S MEXICAN VOLUNTEER TRIP “AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE”
By Cianna McNally “Amazing” and “life-changing” are just two of the words a Monaghan woman used to sum up the experience of volunteering in Mexico recently. Mary White from Cortolvin View in Monaghan...
View ArticlePREPARATIONS BEGIN FOR MONAGHAN ST PATRICK’S DAY PARADE
An appeal has been made for wider volunteer involvement in the organisation of this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade in Monaghan town. A meeting to establish a committee to oversee preparations for the...
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CROSS-BORDER TASK FORCE ON ORGANISED CRIME TO HAVE ITS FIRST MEETING SOON
Michael Fisher The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan T.D., has said arrangements are well in train for the first meeting of the newly established Joint Agency Task Force to...
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PEDESTRIAN FATALITY AT KILLYMARLEY
A male pedestrian, believed to be in his 70s, was killed in a road traffic accident at Killymarley on the N2 on the outskirts of Monaghan Town yesterday, Wednesday evening. The fatality occurred at...
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