At a time when a considerable effort is being made to enhance the urban environment of Monaghan Town, the negative publicity for the county capital generated by its being ranked 47th out of the 53 towns surveyed in the annual Irish Businesses Against Litter league table published this week arrives inopportunely (see story, Page One).
The IBAL survey is not, we would suggest, the most authoritative analysis of the cleanliness or otherwise of the towns upon which it chooses to cast its spotlight. It has long been a criticism of …

The Co Monaghan Anti-Pylon Committee has welcomed the announcement this week of a public enquiry in Northern Ireland into the development of EirGrid’s controversial cross-Border electricity interconnector project.
Those in the county opposed to the development of the project using overhead cabling and pylons have expressed the view that the N Ireland enquiry could lead to a delay of up to six years in the development of the scheme.
Northern Ireland’s Environment Minister Edwin Poots is ordering the Planning Appeals Commission to investigate the Northern section of the controversial development in relation …

MONAGHAN TOWN has been rated one of the worst of the border towns in the annual IBAL (Irish Businesses Against Litter) results.
Out of 53 towns and cities surveyed, Monaghan – in previous years one of IBAL’s better towns – ranked in 47th place and just three sites in the town were listed as being Clean to European Norms. What was listed as the Monaghan Town Council Public Playing Pitch fared the worst as it was described as a litter blackspot and the results stated, “There was a constant stream of …

Yet again, County Monaghan had a fantastic weekend in Athlone I.T. where they competed in the National
Community Games finals. They upped last years medals haul of 4 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze and 2 Fourth place and finished the weekend third top county.
Friday saw Emma O’Driscoll from ‘The Den’ and formally from the band Six entertain the huge number of competitors who were at the Opening Ceremony. From singing and dancing to ‘Rock the Boat’ there was plenty of activity and Monaghan were in the thick of things with …

The enormous effort devoted by the organising committee of the 59th Annual Tydavnet Parish Show, taking place this Saturday, August 21 at the traditional Drumshevra Showgrounds venue in Scotstown looks set to be rewarded by one of the most memorable and well patronised occasons in the event’s recent history.
A host of new features have been added to this year’s programme to augment the traditional bill of fare, and entries in all the main livestock and produce classes were reported to be extremely high as …