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THE FORGOTTEN CORNER – MONAGHAN LOSING OUT ON VITAL HEALTH FUNDING
Co Monaghan had become “the forgotten corner” when it came to the distribution of important areas of health funding by the HSE, Monaghan Co Council was told last week. Fianna Fáil representative Seamus...
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EUROPEAN GOOD PRACTICE AWARD FOR MONAGHAN TOWN TEAM
The Monaghan Town Team business organisation has been recognised as a model of European good practice for the work it has done in the field of urban revitalisation. The URBACT Good Practice Award was...
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DONEGAL MAN HAD €11,500 OF COCAINE IN HIS UNDERPANTS, COURT HEARS
THREE YEARS’ PRISON IMPOSED, HALF OF WHICH TO BE SUSPENDED A 36-YEAR-OLD Donegal man who was found to have €11,500 worth of cocaine in his underpants when searched at Monaghan Garda Station has been...
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90 SYRIAN REFUGEES TO BE RESETTLED IN COUNTY MONAGHAN
Twenty Syrian families, totalling approximately ninety people, will be resettled in Co Monaghan next year. Monaghan Co Council has been requested to establish an interagency working group to ensure...
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CARRICK BARRISTER IS MADE SENIOR COUNSEL
pictured after his call to the inner bar in the Supreme Court. The new Senior Counsel is pictured with his wife Dr Hilda Cummins and their son Jack V. On the left is Vincent’s sister Catherine Martin...
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NATIONAL POLITICIANS FIND VIRTUES AND FLAWS IN BUDGET 2018
The content of Budget 2018 – unveiled with some panache by Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe TD in the Dáil on Tuesday and generally regarded as a boon for middle-income earners – had its perceived...
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SF MEP TAKES TAOISEACH TO TASK FOR UNITED IRELAND COMMENTS
Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has criticised comments made by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar which the Carrickmacross politician said sought to cast doubt as to whether a 50%-plus-one vote in the north in favour...
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TD RAISES CONCERNS OVER OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY WAITING TIMES FOR MONAGHAN CHILDREN
The waiting times Co Monaghan children face in order to access occupational therapy services has been raised with Minister for Health Simon Harris TD by a Fianna Fáil Dáil representative for the local...
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CO MONAGHAN WOMAN PRAISED FOR SPEAKING OUT IN HARVEY WEINSTEIN SCANDAL
Laura Madden, a former film producer from Co Monaghan, has been praised for being one of the first women to speak out about the conduct of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, now embroiled in a high profile...
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NEWBLISS FARMER IS POULTRY GROWER OF THE YEAR
Newbliss farmer Pat McGuirk has been named the inaugural winner of the Super Valu and Centra Poultry Grower of the Year award. The Manor Farm supplier received the accolade for achieving high food...
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PÁRAIC DUFFY TO RETIRE AS GAA DIRECTOR GENERAL
Monaghan man Páraic Duffy has announced that he will retire from the post of GAA Director General on March 31 next year after a decade in the role. Mr Duffy succeeded Liam Mulvihill in the top post in...
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MINISTER TO VISIT HOLY FAMILY SCHOOL NEXT WEEK
Minister for Disabilities Finian McGrath will visit the Holy Family School in Cootehill on Monday next, October 23 at 11.30 am. Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan/Monaghan Niamh Smyth said the focus of the...
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CENSUS SHOWS CHANGING TREND IN CO MONAGHAN ETHNICITY –
– but Catholicism is still the predominant faith A slightly changing trend in the ethnic mix of the population of Co Monaghan is revealed by the latest publication of findings from Census 2016. But...
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COMBILIFT SIGNS $1 MILLION AUSTRALIAN CONTRACT
Multi-directional forklifts manufacturer Combilift has signed a contract with Civmec, an Australian construction and engineering company, that is worth an additional $1 million to the Monaghan company....
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PEACE OF MIND CONFERENCE
Gerry Lowry, area manager for Tusla, speaking at the Peace of Mind positive mental health conference, when he launched the Clones Family Resource Centre’s new counselling service. ©Rory Geary/The...
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BALLYBAY WETLANDS 5K
Leaders at the off taking in the County League, Wetlands Running Club 5k run, held in Ballybay. Photo: Jimmy Walsh [Show as slideshow]
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MINISTER’S VISIT THE ICING ON THE CAKE FOR ST LOUIS PUPILS AS TRADOODLE IS...
St Louis Infant School pupils took centre stage as Co Monaghan’s Tradoodle traditional arts festival for children was launched on Friday. Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather...
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AN APOLOGY WILL NOT CUT IT –
man who insulted female Garda member must make charitable donation and do community work A stern stance was taken by Judge Denis McLoughlin at Monaghan District Court on Monday in the case of a man who...
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CASTLEBLAYNEY TO HOST IMPORTANT REGIONAL LEGAL CONFERENCE
150 solicitors agathered in Castleblayney Friday October 20 at a conference to discuss regional community issues, family law, property law updates, and the Fair Deal scheme. “Local solicitors are on...
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APPEALS FOR FRESH INFORMATION AS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF BRUTAL PAUL QUINN MURDER...
INVESTIGATION IS “STILL ACTIVE”, ACCORDING TO GARDA UPDATE GARDAI confirmed on Friday last, 20th October — the 10th anniversary of the savage murder of 21-year-old Cullyhanna man Paul Quinn — that 23...
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