Articles Archive for November 2011

MONAGHAN MUSIC STAR SHINES BRIGHT AT BIG CHRISTMAS SWITCH-ON Monaghan Town’s rising star of the contemporary music scene, singer-songwriter Ryan Sheridan, radiated celebrity charisma to rival the brilliance of the Christmas lighting array he formally brought into dazzling display before a pulsating crowd estimated to be in the region of six thousand people in the centre of the county capital on Sunday afternoon last. The big switch-on of the festive illuminations in the town was the culmination of an afternoon of entertainment and attraction enjoyed by an unprecedented gathering of ...

More representation for parents and teachers in the new structures of vocational education are needed, even if this is at the expense of the representation afforded to local public representatives. This was one of the views put forward by Co Monaghan Vocational Education Committee on Monday when they received a briefing on the new legislation under which the country’s 33 existing VECs will be replaced by 16 Education and Training Boards, one of which will be based in Co Monaghan and cover the Cavan/Monaghan area. Fine Gael public ...

FINE Gael Deputy Sean Conlan has stressed this week that the postponement of a £400 million funding allocation from the Irish Government towards the Northern Ireland section of the proposed N2/A5 cross-border dual carriageway project is “a financial necessity” given the state of the country’s finances and the difficult choices faced as a nation as to how scarce resources should be spent to the greatest benefit of all the people of Ireland. Deputy Conlan insisted yesterday he is “opposed to this project progressing until such time as the economy ...

Friday last 11th November was a significant day for Carrickroe, in particular Deravoy National School as we marked the final day of a lengthy service to our school and community by our postman Paddy Donnelly. Paddy has been a familiar face at our school for 43 years. What a service record! So it wass really important to show appreciation to a person of tremendous dedication and commitment to his job. He was always welcome at our school especially when he brought good news! He was courteous, friendly, ...

A 27-year-old Romanian man was arrested after a van he was driving was involved in a number of incidents on Monaghan’s Glaslough Street and Dublin Street on Monday afternoon. The incident began when the vehicle struck a bollard and caused damage to a shop front before hitting a parked car on Glaslough Street at about 1.40pm. It is understood that the flat-bodied van continued down Dublin Street before being stopped as it attempted to drive up the street in the wrong direction. A number of pedestrians are ...

Monaghan has become the first county in Ireland to declare itself a “county of sanctuary”. Monaghan Co Council at its November meeting, on the proposal of Aidan Murray, seconded by Jackie Crowe, voted to proceed with assuming the designation, which, according to documentation circulated at the meeting, will mark Monaghan out as “a place of safety and welcome for people whose lives are in danger in their own countries.” The decision was not made entirely in harmony, however, with some sharp verbal clashes ensuing between Sinn Féin’s Brian ...

A District Court judge has warned the banks that he will not be granting them “large instalment orders” in cases where it is obvious that debtors cannot afford the repayments being sought. Judge Sean MacBride made his comments at Monaghan District Court on Monday while dealing with a significant number of civil and enforcement summonses. Almost 40 such cases were on the list, in many instances reflecting the impact of the recession and the resultant financial difficulties in which individuals and companies are finding themselves. While dealing with ...

By Veronica Corr History was made at Monday’s meeting of Carrickmacross Town Council when Mayor Noel Keelan had the once in a lifetime privilege of welcoming his fellow councillors to the new civic building on the Convent Lands. Mayor Keelan hailed the event as an historic occasion, adding that it was the first time that the council had ever sat in a building it owned. The Mayor even likened the experience to “coming home for the first time”. There was also a nod to the founding fathers of local government who ...

On Thursday 3rd of November Dervla Duffy from Doohamlet, Castleblayney left Dublin airport with 9 other Irish boxers and flew out to Sweden where they linked up with 640 international male and female boxers from across Europe, to fight for medals and the Angered Boxing Cup. The tournament took place over three consecutive days of tough boxing, Duffy having to fight each day, Friday she boxed a strong Russian opponent who came forward throwing flurry’s of punches, Duffy was too fast for the Russian and won on a ...

By KEVIN CARNEY Monaghan’s rise up the pecking order of ladies football over the last 12 months was bookended on Saturday night last when four senior county players picked up 2011 All-Star awards. The hangdog looks of the Monaghan players on view in the immediate aftermath of last month’s All-Ireland SFC final defeat to Cork were relegated to history as Grainne McNally, Sharon Courtney, Therese McNally and Ciara McAnespie all received All-Star awards at the City West Hotel, Dublin. Joined by a gathering of the who’s who of ladies football, the ...