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NEW WEBSITE INITIATIVE FOR COUNTY’S COMMUNITY TEXT ALERT SCHEMES
Peter Hughes Plans by Monaghan Co Council to establish a separate website for the county’s Community Text Alert groups were detailed to Tuesday’s meeting of the Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee....
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TB SPECTRE GLOWERS AGAIN OVER CO MONAGHAN FARMING
Peter Hughes “Almost 1,000 cattle have been slaughtered and removed from farms in Co Monaghan this year due to TB,” Fianna Fáil representative Seamus Coyle told Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council....
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“FUNDING NEEDED FOR LOCAL PROJECTS” – CO COUNCIL REJECTS SF PROPOSAL TO...
PETER HUGHES The fact that revenue generated by the Local Property Tax in Co Monaghan gave discretionary funding to the county’s three Municipal Districts to support local community projects was cited...
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CONCRA WOOD CHALLENGE TOUR EVENT “WILL SHOWCASE CO MONAGHAN TO WORLDWIDE...
The Challenge Tour golf event being hosted by the Concra Wood Golf & Country Club on the Dundalk Road in Castleblayney from October 4-7 next will “showcase Co Monaghan to a worldwide audience”,...
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MONAGHAN READY FOR A WEEKEND OF RHYTHM AND BLUES
The Monaghan Town Rhythm and Blues Festival gets underway this, Thursday evening and continues over the weekend, promising the cream of national and international acts showcasing the best in the...
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DRAGON FOR THE DIASPORA – TOP ENTREPRENEUR WOULD MAKE IRISH ABROAD KEY FOCUS...
Peter Hughes A pledge to place the Irish diaspora front and centre during his tenancy of Áras an Uachtaráin was made by Dragons’ Den entrepreneur Peter Casey when he petitioned the members of Monaghan...
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€46 MILLION FUNDING APPLICATION TO BE MADE FOR ULSTER CANAL DEVELOPMENT IN...
Peter Hughes A €46 million funding application was being prepared for submission to the Rural Regeneration Programme in relation to the redevelopment of 13 kilometres of the Ulster Canal in the Clones...
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NEWBLISS MACRA MEMBER IS FBD YOUNG FARMER OF THE YEAR
Daniel Hawthorne, a member of Newbliss Macra na Feirme branch, was named as the FBD Young Farmer of the Year at an awards ceremony in Dublin this week. The cattle and sheep farmer, who is now in the...
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‘BLAYNEY LAUNCH FOR BIG TOM BIOGRAPHY
A new biography of the legendary country music entertainer Big Tom McBride from Oram, who passed away earlier this year will be launched at the Íontas Centre in Castleblayney on Saturday, September 22...
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SHANE O’FARRELL CASE UPPERMOST IN CONCERNS OF PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL
Peter Hughes The campaign for justice being pursued by Carrickmacross woman Lucia O’Farrell following the death of her son Shane in a hit-and-run incident in 2011 was identified as being an uppermost...
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GRÁINNE AND PAUL BRING IT ALL HOME AT MONAGHAN BLUES FESTIVAL
Our photograph by Rory Geary shows local musicians Gráinne Duffy and Paul Sherry in the course of bringing the curtain down in style on last weekend’s Rhythm and Blues Festival in Monaghan Town. The...
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GARDAÍ HUNT FOR CANOE THIEVES
Our photograph by Rory Geary shows local musicians Gráinne Duffy and Paul Sherry in the course of bringing the curtain down in style on last weekend’s Rhythm and Blues Festival in Monaghan Town. The...
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EXCLUSIVE: THE EIRGRID FILES PART VIII
The final section of The EirGrid Files includes a draft text sent by EirGrid to the Department of Communications to use in reply to Monaghan County Council about the North South interconnector and a...
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MONAGHAN VETERANS ON PARADE AT FORMER BARRACKS SITE
Michael Fisher Former members of the Defence Forces gathered at the site of the former army barracks in Monaghan on Saturday to remember colleagues who served in the 29th Infantry Battalion. They...
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PRESIDENTIAL RACE – GALLAGHER GETS IN BUT Ó CAOLÁIN STAYS OUT
With the race for Áras an Uachtaráin hotting up, matters Presidential dominated much of the political and news agenda in Co Monaghan this week, writes Peter Hughes. While Monaghan Town-born...
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THE EIRGRID FILES PART V
The latest revelations by Michael Fisher in The EirGrid Files include a letter on behalf of the company and its northern subsidiary SONI seeking a meeting last year with EU Brexit negotiator Michel...
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THE EIRGRID FILES PART VI
The latest revelations in The EirGrid Files include more monitoring by the company of the views of Fianna Fáil Deputy Shane Cassells on the North South interconnector. The terms of reference for two...
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THE EIRGRID FILES PART VII
The EirGrid Files Part VII include revelations about the tendering process for the 400 pylons of the North South interconnector, three months before it received planning permission from the Northern...
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HANLEY ON FIRE WITH THREE GOALS
John Graham reports Goals set the stage for a highly-entertaining clash Cremartin 4-12 Clones 4-09 A sharper, hungrier Cremartin, deservedly booked their place in the final of the Universal Graphics...
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AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR!
GREENFIELD FOODS SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINALS JOHN GRAHAM Just four teams remain in the hunt for the biggest prize Monaghan sport has to offer. The Duffy Cup will winter in either Ballybay,...
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