HOPES DASHED FOR SERVICE RESTORATION AT MONAGHAN HOSPITAL
But Minister WILL visit, promises FG Recent hopes that the return of services to Monaghan Hospital in order to help alleviate the current overcrowding crisis in the Irish hospital sphere was being...
View ArticleGARDAÍ IN BORDER ALERT FOR TRAILER THIEVES
GARDAÍ in the Cavan/Monaghan Division have issued an alert for farmers, and other owners of trailers, in the Border counties to step up security at their premises in an effort to thwart thieves from...
View ArticleCREMARTIN KEEP OPPOSITION AT ARM’S LENGTH
Cremartin 0-11 Oram 0-08 JOHN GRAHAM Cremartin eventually prevailed in this fairly low-key and at times rough-and-tumble Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship match that was played in quite...
View ArticleTIME TO DELIVER
JOHN GRAHAM Following their disappointing defeat against Derry in the preliminary round of the new Ulster Minor (Under- 17) Championship, Monaghan have a chance to resurrect their fortunes this...
View ArticleLOCAL PRIDE
Perhaps the most impressive feature of last Thursday’sofficial opening by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD of the new global headquarters and manufacturing facility of Monaghan’s Combilift was the...
View ArticleSF SUPPORTS YES VOTE IN 8TH AMENDMENT REFERENDUM
Sinn Féin in Cavan and Monaghan have launched their campaign in support of a Yes vote in the referendum on the Eighth Amendment that will take place on Friday May 25. Councillors and activists from...
View ArticleTRAINEES GRADUATE FROM CASTLE LESLIE EQUESTRIAN CENTRE
Monday April 30 2018 was a memorable day for the Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board’s second group of trainees who successfully completed what was formerly called the British Horse Society...
View ArticleCOUNCILLOR MCELVANEY TO APPEAR BEFORE STANDARDS IN PUBLIC OFFICE HEARING
Monaghan Co Councillor Hugh McElvaney is to appear before a public hearing of the Standards in Public Office (or SIPO) Commission in September. A media release from the Commission on Friday said that...
View ArticleNORTH MONAGHAN EMIGRATION ERA ENCAPSULATED IN HERITAGE INITIATIVE
A traditional embarkation point for North Monaghan people departing for foreign shores during the eras of mass Irish emigration has been enshrined in a community heritage initiative. An interpretative...
View Article“START SMALL. DO WELL. GO GLOBAL.”
– Taoiseach urges Irish companies to adopt the Combilift mantra Peter Hughes Start small. Do well. Go global. This was the mantra for success Taoiseach Leo Varadkar ascribed to Monaghan forklift...
View ArticleROAD DEATH ON N2
A man who was seriously injured on Saturday evening in a road accident on the N2 Monaghan to Dublin road at Aclint on the Louth/Monaghan border north of Ardee has died in hospital in Dublin. The man...
View ArticleANTI-PYLON GROUPS ‘READY FOR BATTLE’
NO LANDOWNER CONSENT FOR ACCESS NEEDED TO BUILD INTERCONNECTOR Michael Fisher “Ready for battle” was the message given to a public meeting in Trim on Monday night organised by the North East Pylon...
View ArticleBANTY’S BOYS GET THE JOB DONE WITH TWELVE PLAYERS!
Monaghan 3-12 Antrim 0-06 JOHN GRAHAM A stronger, sharper Monaghan experienced little difficulty in getting over the challenge of Antrim in this fairly low-key and at times quite one sided encounter...
View ArticleNEW YORK CLASSIC A FANTASTIC SUCCESS
KEVIN ÓG CARNEY Last Friday, Pelham Bay and Split Rock morphed into a Monaghan gaeldom. For the folks travelling from the ‘oul sod, it had all the appearance of a ‘home from home’ and then some. Those...
View ArticleECONOMIC RECOVERY SLOW IN REGIONAL IRELAND
• Opinion piece by Eamon Murphy, Social Justice Ireland Despite Ireland’s continuing economic recovery, people are still less likely to have a job the further they are from Dublin. It’s not just about...
View ArticleMONAGHAN’S MARATHON MAESTRO FETED
Monaghan’s maestro of the marathon Leslie Crawford was the recipient of a surprise celebration in his honour at Ballyalbany Hall on Monday last. Leslie’s friends in the local running fraternity...
View ArticleASSISTANT COMMISSIONER SAYS INCREASING CO MONAGHAN GARDA NUMBERS IS A PRIORITY
Peter Hughes A commitment that he would prioritise the deployment of additional Gardaí to Co Monaghan was made by Garda Assistant Commissioner Barry O’Brien when he met the members of the Co Monaghan...
View ArticleCONCERN OVER PRIVATISATION OF CERVICAL CANCER TESTS PROVEN VALID – DEPUTY Ó...
Sinn Féin TD for Cavan/Monaghan Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin said that concerns he had voiced a decade ago about the privatisation of cervical cancer screening tests had been proven valid by the current...
View Article“COME HOME” CALL TO COUNTY MONAGHAN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ABROAD
The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has called on construction workers originally from Co Monaghan and other parts of the country who are now part of the diaspora to come home. The CIF said it...
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