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DEATH OF FORMER COUNTY SECRETARY — THE LATE ANTHONY J (TONY) MURPHY
Tributes were paid this week to former Monaghan County Council Secretary Anthony J (Tony) Murphy, who died last Saturday 6th May. Monaghan Town, died in Tara Winthrop Nursing Home, Swords, Co. Dublin...
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MONAGHAN CBS – ST. MARY’S BNS MONAGHAN – 150YR DINNER DANCE AND BOOK LAUNCH
There will be a Dinner Dance and Book Launch for the Monaghan CBS, St. Mary’s BNS 150yr Celebration in the Hillgrove Hotel on Friday, June 9th at 8.00pm. Past pupils, staff, former staff members,...
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BREXIT: SMALL CO MONAGHAN FIRMS NEED SUPPORT
• SURVEY EXPLORES TRADE FEARS MAJOR survey undertaken to analyse the serious implications trade-wise for many small firms in Co. Monaghan, and elsewhere in the country—apart from the Border region—has...
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TRAGIC BLAYNEY MURDER RECALLED AS FAMILY WANT GARDAI TO RE-OPEN PROBE
PATSY McARDLE THE family of a man who was murdered in Co. Monaghan thirty years ago is asking the gardai to re-open an investigation into his brutal killing. Relatives of Patrick Cunningham, 32, whose...
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‘BLAYNEY MAN WAS TRAPPED IN BLAZING HOME
GARDAÍ and local residents, including an alert 19-years-old neighbour, saved the life of a man in his 40s from an overnight house fire in Castleblayney on Friday last. Around 2.45 a.m on Friday...
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EIRGRID GRANTED PERMISSION FOR PREPARTORY WORKS FOR INTERCONNECTOR
Michael Fisher EirGrid has been granted permission by a judge at the Commercial Court in Dublin to carry out some preparatory works for the North South interconnector. This includes the construction of...
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OVER 2,500 PARTICIPATE IN MONAGHAN DARKNESS INTO LIGHT
2017 Monaghan Darkness Into Light event, which took place in the early hours of last Saturday morning, was hailed a resounding success by organisers with over 2,500 people taking part. This was the...
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CHAMPIONSHIP RACE BEGINS …
Colm Shalvey Saturday is a big day for Monaghan’s senior footballers and hurlers as they both put their championship hopes on the line, with Fermanagh the opponents for the Ulster SFC preliminary-...
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MONAGHAN TOWN COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL 2017 LAUNCHED IN STYLE
The 2017 Monaghan Town Country Music Festival was launched in grand style at Monaghan’s Hillgrove Hotel on Sunday night last. The honour of officially initiating the fifth annual open air extravaganza...
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BELGIAN AMBASSADOR WELCOMES VISITORS FROM GEEL TO DUBLIN
Michael Fisher Belgium’s Ambassador to Ireland hosted a reception at his residence last Thursday for a group of visitors from Geel, a city in the province of Antwerp. They flew in from Brussels and...
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COOTEHILL MAN HITS THE TOP PODCAST CHARTS WITH ‘LOVE AND COURAGE’!
COOTEHILL man Ruairí McKiernan is no stranger to new ventures — and it looks like his latest project is off to a flying start! McKiernan recently launched his ‘Love and Courage’ podcast, and within 24...
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NATIONAL AWARD FOR LARGY’S MENTAL HEALTH PROJECT
A group of students from Largy College, Clones were awarded the national title of Young Social Innovators 2017 for their project, Mend a Mind – It’s a Disorder Not a Decision on Friday last. The...
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“SCUMBAGS” MAKING PEOPLE’S LIVES A MISERY IN MONAGHAN TOWN PARK
The patience of the people and political representatives of Monaghan Town with public drinking and anti-social behaviour activities by individuals who congregate in an area of the scenic Peter’s Lake...
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DEPUTIES EXPRESS CONCERNS TO MINISTER OVER PROPOSED INTERCONNECTOR STUDY
Deputies from three constituencies in Cavan/Monaghan and Meath affected by the proposed EirGrid interconnector have held a meeting with Communications Minister Denis Naughten about the terms of...
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A RIGHT ROYAL ENCOUNTER FOR SHIRLEY AND GEORGE!
By Cianna McNally Following a meeting with him in Kilkenny Castle on Friday last, HRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, was described by Monaghan County Council’s Heritage Officer Shirley Clerkin as...
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REVENUE COMMISSIONERS NOT PLANNING CUSTOMS POSTS AT BORDER
Michael Fisher A few days after the EU’s Chief Negotiator on Brexit Michel Barnier visited County Monaghan and saw where the Dundalk to Castleblayney road crosses the border, a representative of the...
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GOLF CLASSIC AND MALLON’S BREAKFAST FUND-RAISER – TASTY STUFF
This weekend Rossmore Golf Club, in Monaghan, will be a very busy spot as it hosts the Monaghan GAA Annual Golf Classic from early on Friday afternoon until lights out on Saturday night. The organising...
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FF TD ATTENDS ORANGE ORDER EVENT IN ARMAGH
On Monday evening last, Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan/Monaghan Niamh Smyth was among the almost 80 people who gathered in an Armagh museum for a function which gave a unique insight into Orange culture in...
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TRIBUTES PAID AS SERGEANT MICHAEL O’REILLY RETIRES
TRIBUTES were paid at last week’s Monaghan Circuit Court hearings to Sergeant Michael O’Reilly, who will be retiring today (Thursday) after a long and distinguished career with the gardai, the last...
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