Articles in the Carrickmacross Category

MAJOR INVESTMENT TO CREATE OVER 100 NEW JOBS AND BOOST LOCAL ECONOMY A consortium of investors, spearheaded by the McGettigan family, has announced the acquisition of the Nuremore Hotel & Golf Club in County Monaghan. The landmark hotel and golf resort is set to undergo a significant refurbishment, with plans to create over 100 new jobs, revitalize the surrounding area, and establish Nuremore as a premier destination for both local visitors and international tourists. With decades of expertise in the hospitality sector both in Ireland and abroad, the McGettigan family is ...

Louis Secondary School held a lunchtime protest as part of their union’s campaign for proper reform of the Leaving Cert. Teachers’ concerns include a lack of adequate facilities and resources for schools, which will lead to inequities when revised Leaving Cert subjects are introduced from September 2025. Teachers are calling for a delay in the implementation of the Senior Cycle redevelopment programme so that these serious issues can be addressed. Service to students was not affected by the protest, which took place outside all schools/centres where Senior Cycle is delivered ...

Irish Water’s €32million investment in Carrickmacross Wastewater Treatment Plant, was welcomed this week by the town’s first citizen, Cathaoirleach of Ca r r i c kma c ros s /Ca s t l ebl a yne y Municipal District, Councillor PJ O’Hanlon. Speaking to The Northern Standard this week, the proud Carrickmacross man said: “I want to welcome the very positive news from Irish Water on their plans to invest €32million on the upgrade to the Wastewater Treatment Plant in Carrickmacross. The investment will benefit homes and businesses in Carrickmacross ...

Catherine Martin has stepped down as Deputy Leader of the Green Party in the wake of the departure of party leader Eamon Ryan. The Carrickmacross woman, a TD for Dublin Rathdown and the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, was initially tipped as Mr Ryan’s likely successor but in a media statement she ruled herself out of the leadership race and said she had decided to “step back” from the party’s deputy leadership. She said: “My warm wishes and gratitude to Eamon for his dedicated leadership of ...

By Colm Shalvey Inver College in Carrickmacross was a hive of activity on Monday as they gave a big welcome to former Republic of Ireland striker John Aldridge. Inver College Principal Ms. Sinéad McColgan hailed a nearperfect attendance record after the mid-term break as the students and staff offered céad mile fáilte to Aldridge, who won 69 caps for the Boys in Green under Jack Charlton, scoring 19 goals, which still sees him share fourth place on the list of alltime top scorers for the national team. Junior-cycle students applauded ...

A 17-year-old male was killed in a single-vehicle road traffic accident at Carrickaderry, Clontibret around 1.30 am yesterday, Wednesday September 20. The victim was the driver of the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was removed to the mortuary at Monaghan Hospital. A post mortem is due to take place. The accident location, on a stretch of the old N2, was closed off yesterday to facilitate a technical examination by the Gardaí. Diversions were in place. Monaghan Gardaí requested anyone who might have witnessed the ...

Cavan/Monaghan Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy has accused Transport Minister and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan TD of “politically motivated discrimination against Co Monaghan” over the failure of major road improvement schemes on the N2 to secure adequate funding in order to progress. Deputy Carthy this week said that Minister Ryan has removed funding for projects that were prioritised in the National Development Plan and diverted it to projects that were not. “Only a political intervention from Minister Ryan’s coalition partners can ensure that these road projects are advanced,” he ...

By Veronica Corr On Monday morning, Minister Heather Humphreys said that turning the sod on C:TEK II Co-working Enterprise Hub on the Convent Lands, Carrickmacross, was “a great way to start the week”. Speaking in the Civic Offices before leading the delegation to the nearby site on foot, she said: “I know that all the Councillors in the Municipal District are proud of this further achievement for the area, but there is one man I have to mention, because God knows he did break me heart – and that’s PJ ...

By Veronica Corr Former Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Bertie Ahern received a rousing welcome from a packed function room on Monday night in The Shirley Arms Hotel, Carrickmacross. He was there at the invitation of Dr. Rory O’Hanlon and South Monaghan Fianna Fáil, but it was a public event and people from different traditions, with no political affiliations, were welcomed too. This was not a party political broadcast. Rather it was a commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which ushered in a new era of ...

By Veronica Corr Monday was a big day for Carrick Rovers, as the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) rolled into town, to give the club its official seal of approval, the ‘FAI Club Mark 1 Star Award’, recognising Carrick Rovers as a Player Development Centre. Minister for Sport Catherine Martin visited her hometown for the event and she was accompanied by her husband Deputy Francis Noel Duffy, whom Carrick Rovers’ Chairperson David McSharry credited with having painted the original club crest. County native, Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather ...