NEW COUNTY COUNCIL CATHAOIRLEACH
Michael Fisher Monaghan County Council welcomed its new Cathaoirleach Cllr David Maxwell at its annual general meeting in Monaghan on Monday. The Fine Gael representative from Killymarley was first...
View ArticleKNOCKATALLON MAN TO BE ORDAINED PRIEST
On Sunday 1st July at 3 pm in Saint Macartan’s Cathedral, Monaghan, Rev Seán Mulligan will be ordained to the Priesthood for the Diocese of Clogher by Bishop Noel Treanor, Bishop of Down and Connor....
View ArticleTHIRTY YEARS WAITING FOR JUSTICE…
Aidan McAnespie’s Family Welcome Move to Prosecute Soldier for Manslaughter Michael Fisher Sitting at their home in Aughnacloy on Tuesday evening, members of the family of Aidan McAnespie were still...
View ArticleTHE EAGLE HAS LANDED!
BRIAN, BORU – TOGETHER AGAIN Mickey McDonnell ‘BORU’, the missing golden eagle, was found safe and well in the Castle Leslie Estate on Saturday after an all-hands-ondeck search in which the bird’s...
View ArticleSUCCESS FOR STRANOODEN FARMER AT LAKELAND DAIRIES MILK QUALITY AWARDS
Francis Evans from Stranooden Co Monaghan, won the 0-500,000 litres milk production category in the Lakeland Dairies Milk Quality Awards, presented recently by Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD and Minister...
View ArticleSCOTSTOWN’S WARREN SCOOPS MAJOR PRIZE AT NATIONAL STUDENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP...
DkIT engineering student Warren Stevely (22) of Scotstown has been announced as the winner of the Cruickshank Intellectual Property Attorneys’ High Achieving Merit Award at the recent Enterprise...
View ArticleCASTLESHANE WOMAN AGAIN ORDERED TO ALLOW “BELOVED FAMILY PET” BE PUT DOWN
A CASTLESHANE WOMAN has been given one last chance to hand her beloved German Shepherd over to Monaghan Co Council to be put down, after another instalment in a longrunning case was heard at Monday’s...
View ArticleCARRICK TRAGIC DEATH SAGA AS…. DEMAND CONTINUES TO MOUNT FOR A PUBLIC INQUIRY
By PATSY McARDLE THE demand for a public inquiry into all the circumstances surrounding the tragic hit-and-run death of the young Carrickmacross law student Shane O’Farrell, and the subsequent...
View ArticleCONNOLLY URGES PUBLIC TO CONSIDER COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT SCHEME TO EXPEDITE...
Independent member of Monaghan Co Council Paudge Connolly has renewed his appeal to local communities in the county to consider availing of the Community Involvement Scheme as a means of expediting...
View ArticleCAVAN/MONAGHAN PROJECTS GET FURTHER LEADER FUNDING BOOST
A further €93,002 in LEADER funding has been allocated to five local community projects across Cavan and Monaghan. The announcement follows confirmation that over €1.8million in LEADER funding has...
View ArticleROADS MINISTER COMING TO MONAGHAN
By Veronica Corr Minister Shane Ross has given a commitment to Senator Robbie Gallagher that he will visit Monaghan to see the roads for himself, Monday morning’s meeting of Carrickmacross/...
View ArticleMONAGHAN WOMEN HAVE THEIR SAY
Peter Hughes A report produced after an extensive consultation process identifying issues of concern for women in Monaghan was launched on Monday evening last. Produced by the women’s support and...
View ArticleDUP LEADER VISITS CLONES FOR ULSTER FINAL
Arlene Foster says going to GAA Match was a “Significant Step” Michael Fisher It was a short journey, around seventeen miles, for the DUP leader Arlene Foster from her home near Brookeborough in...
View ArticleSURGERY SERVICE IN ABSOLUTE CRISIS, GPs REVEAL…
HEALTH MINISTER ACCEPTS NEW CONTRACT IS NEEDED New Primary Care Centre for Carrickmacross to be ready by 2020 Michael Fisher The General Practitioner service is in absolute crisis at the moment,...
View ArticleMONAGHAN PROPERTY PRICES RISE BY €5K IN PAST YEAR
Property prices in Monaghan have risen by €5,000 in the last year, according to the latest MyHome.ie Property Report in association with Davy. The report for Q2 2018 shows that the median asking price...
View ArticleHEITON BUCKLEY UNVEILS NEWLY REFURBISHED MONAGHAN BRANCH
MONAGHAN STAR CONOR MCMANUS GUEST OF HONOUR ON THE DAY Heiton Buckley, Ireland’s leading supplier of doors, floors, bathrooms, garden, plumbing and heating products, today officially unveiled its newly...
View ArticleLOCAL SENATOR HOSTS PUBLIC MEETING TO… FOCUS ON CO. MONAGHAN HEALTH ISSUES
Robbie Gallagher who attended a meeting in Cavan last week with the HSE is organising a public meeting next Thursday July 12th to discuss a range of health issues facing people living in the county....
View ArticleHUGE CROWDS EXPECTED AT BLAYNEY’S MUCKNO MANIA FESTIVAL THIS WEEKEND
By PATSY McARDLE HUGE crowds from both sides of the border are expected in Castleblayney this weekend for the 20th annual Muckno Mania Festival which is regarded as one of the most entertaining and...
View ArticleFORMER SCOTSTOWN FOOTBALLER ORDAINED IN MONAGHAN
Michael Fisher It was a day of celebration for the parish of Tydavnet and the diocese of Clogher as former Scotstown footballer Seán Mulligan from Knockatallon was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop...
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