Articles in the BallyBay Category

By Cianna McNally Following extensive works over the last five months, that amounted to €2.4 million in total, flooding on a busy Ballybay road has finally been resolved. The flooding issue on the R162 / R190 Ballybay – Cootehill Road, which has been highlighted in The Northern Standard on a number of occasions over the past few years, saw some sections of this road suffering particularly badly. Local councillors made many representations over the years to have flooding in the town of Ballybay addressed and in February this year ...

By COLM SHALVEY The local club fixture programme ended for 2016 with Ballybay and Killanny ending 30-year waits in the SFL and IFL Finals. Hugh Malone rolled back the years as Ballybay won the County Monaghan Group of Credit Unions Senior Football League Final against Castleblayney in Emyvale. The veteran forward – 20 years on from a match-winning contribution in an Intermediate semi-final (hat-tip to Joe Sullivan on twitter) – hit 1-2 in the first half to give Ballybay a four-point lead and he went on to slide in to convert ...

By Cianna McNally Ballybay has been selected as a Bank of Ireland Enterprise Town and will host a one-day event showcasing all the town has to offer next month. This event, which was officially launched on Tuesday night in The Wetlands Centre, will take place on Saturday, 3rd December from 2pm – 5.30pm in the Recreation Centre and local businesses, community groups and schools have been encouraged to take part. It is free to attend and is open to both customers and non-customers of Bank of Ireland. Ballybay is ...

Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Heather Humphreys TD was among the guests at an event held last week in the Riverdale, Ballybay to honour the achievements in the 2016 Rio Paralympics of Ballybay-stationed Garda Eve McCrystal. The reception was hosted by Garda Chief Superintendent Christopher Mangan. Eve, who is from Bellurgan, Dundalk won two medals at the Paralympics. The invited guests also included Assistant Commissioner Northern Region, John O’Driscoll; Superintendent Alan Cunningham, Carrickmacross; Garda Inspector Kevin Gavin from Carrickmacross; Ballybay Garda Sergeant Mick Bracken; Ballybay-Clones Municipal District Cathaoirleach Pat ...

A strong delegation comprising Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD and Government Minister Heather Humphreys, fellow Oireachtas members and local authority representatives yesterday (Wednesday) morning brought the need for employment and economic assistance measures in Ballybay directly to the desk of Minister for Social Protection Leo Varadkar. The transfer of an office function of the Minister’s Department out of Ballybay and into Monaghan Town was interpreted as a severe blow for the local economy. Subsequent moves at Ballybay-Clones Municipal District and Monaghan Co Council level to secure an Intreo employment services office for the ...

The achievements of a Ballybay garda in the 2016 Paralympics were recognised last Sunday evening. Garda Eve McCrystal, who is originally from Dundalk and is stationed in Ballybay, competed in tandem events for Ireland as a sighted pilot for blind cyclist Katie Dunleavy. Together with Ms Dunleavy, Ms McCrystal won a gold medal at the 1km time trial B and a silver in the road race at the Paralympics in Rio last month.

Olivia Duffy, from Ballybay, Co Monaghan has been selected as one of five national finalists in a recent Bord Bia competition, run in association with Today FM. As part of a new ‘Lamb – Tasty, Easy, Fun’ campaign, Olivia submitted her signature lamb dish for the judges’ consideration and was delighted to be shortlisted as one of the most tempting and imaginative entries. Olivia was asked to prepare her ‘Trimmed Lamb chops marinated in a sweet mustard, Served with creamy mashed potato and Ratatouille’ live on air as part of ...

By Veronica Corr Last Friday morning, Oireachtas members, local councillors and Chamber of Commerce representatives came together to discuss the possibility of bringing an Intreo centre to Ballybay. Intreo is a new service from the Department of Social Protection, which acts as a single point of contact for all employment and income supports. Designed to provide a more streamlined approach, Intreo offers practical, tailored employment services and supports for jobseekers and employers alike. This special meeting, which was chaired by Ballybay/Clones Municipal District Cathaoirleach Pat Treanor on behalf of the body that called it, ...

A difficulty has emerged in getting a District Court judge to hear a case in which a former Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD is facing alleged assault charges. This emerged at a sitting of Carrickmacross District Court yesterday (Wed) when Judge Denis McLoughlin adjourned charges against Sean Conlan, 42, of Main Street, Ballybay, arising from an incident at his family-owned pub in the border town on 23rd August last year. Conlan, a lawyer, who resigned from Fine Gael before the last General Election and stood ...

Internal investigation found no corruption or malpractice says Independent councillor PETER HUGHES Strong comments in relation to the actions and statements of some members of Monaghan Co Council in the aftermath of the “RTÉ Investigates” controversy in which he was embroiled in December last were made by Hugh McElvaney at Monday’s Annual Meeting of the local authority. The Independent councillor used the term “kangaroo court” to describe the special meeting convened by the Co Council on December 16 last year at which a motion, proposed by Sinn Féin councillor Pat Treanor and seconded ...