A 47-year-old Castleblayney man who has served 25 years of a 40-year sentence for the kiling of a Garda Sergeant during an armed robbery has lost a High Court bid to be considered for remission.
Noel Callan, Cullaville, who is serving the sentence for the murder of Garda Sergeant Patrick Morrisey in 1985, had sought to be granted eligibility for remission, but his application was refused by Mr Justice Michael Hanna.
Callan had claimed that he had been unlawfully deprived of the right to remission, which could reduce …

By PATSY McARDLE
A road in Mid-Monaghan a few miles from the South Armagh border was closed by Monaghan County Council environmental officials for some hours last Friday after the discovery of close on 4,500 litres of diesel sludge—the substance taken from diesel when laundered by racketeers to remove colouring so that it can fetch the higher price which is available for commercial fuel.
The tax-rebated cheaper coloured fuel is used solely for agricultural purposes.
The latest toxic dump was discovered on an isolated stretch of roadway at Annaglaive, …

By PATSY McARDLE
A meeting of the Castleblayney Town Council Joint Policing Committee heard in the Glencarn Hotel on Monday night last how progress has been made on the proposal to have a new CCTV system installed in the Mid-Monaghan town to help eliminate sporadic anti-social behaviour.
The meeting was chaired by Cllr. Joe Brennan, Chairman of the Castleblayney Joint Policing Committee. Among those present were the Mayor of Co. Monaghan, Cllr Jackie Crowe; the Mayor of Castleblayney, Cllr. David Funcheon; Garda Sergeant Eric Boyle; Ms. Carmel Redmond, …

A 28-years-old Co. Armagh man was treated for shock on Sunday last after being subjected to a roadside terror ordeal by armed men on a road near Castleblayney.
The man was returning from a premises in Co. Cavan to Newtownhamilton when he was flagged down and held up by armed men along the main Castleblayney-Newtownhamilton Road, near Oram, a short distance from the town .
Gardai declined to confirm a report that one shot was discharged before the victim was forced out of …

What a day that was! Record attendance, record entries, both car parks full to overflowing, fantastic displays and good weather. There was an estimated 6,500 visitors this year.
The 55th Castleblayney Show could be said to be the best in the history of the show. The show was officially opened by Big Tom and Eddie Downey, Deputy President of the IFA.
There was a record number of Trade Stands that seemed to be doing very good business.
The Blacksmithing Display was very well attended as were all the other displays. The standard of …

AN article in the Evening Herald on Monday last in which there was criticism of the outcome of the recent Muckno Mania Festival and the successful effort by Muckno Mania Festival to win a place, for the second time, in the Guinness Book of World Records, caused considerable anger and annoyance in the area and has led to public protests over the article to the newspaper concerned and a complaint to the Press Council of Ireland.
The Mayor of Castleblayney, Cllr David Funcheon, along with the President of Castleblayney Chamber …