SAYING IT WITH FLOWERS

CARMEL DEPARTS CO COUNCIL WITH FLORAL AND VERBAL BOUQUETS

Meetings Administrator of Monaghan Co Council Carmel Thornton is presented with a bouquet from the Council’s three female elected representatives – Mary Kerr Conlon, Cathy Bennett and Aoife McCooey – marking Carmel’s attendance at her final meeting of the local authority on Monday before her retirement after 41 years of public service. In 2019 Ms Thornton became the first woman to act as Returning Officer for the local government elections at Co Council level in Co Monaghan, a moment in her career she identified as a highlight when responding at Monday’s Garage Theatre meeting to warm tributes to her professional and personal qualities from across the spectrum of the Co Council’s elected and executive personnel. See full story inside.