Articles in the Carrickmacross Category

By PATSY McARDLE A TOP political group in the European Parliament is to hold its Autumn Conference in Ireland—and local Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy has pulled off a major coup by attracting the ‘summit’ to Carrickmacross. In what is expected to be a huge boost to the South Monaghan economy, details were revealed this week of the proposed major European Parliament Conference of the GUE/NGL political grouping, scheduled for Hotel Nuremore, Carrickmacross, on 29th-30th September and 1st October. The hugely influential GUE/NGL grouping consists of 52 MEP’s from left wing political parties ...

By Veronica Corr The Northern Standard has learned that thirty jobs are to be created at Castleross Nursing Home, Carrickmacross. This week owner and manager of the facility Paul McCoy explained that the thirty jobs will be created across the disciplines of nursing care, carers and housekeeping. Castleross offers two services, a nursing home and a retirement village. The nursing home is based on a household model of care. There were four households and now there will be five. Bed numbers will rise from 98 to 123 and each resident has their own en-suite ...

The 2015 Gum Litter Taskforce (GLT) gum litter education campaign was launched in Carrickmacross this week by Cathoirleach of Monaghan County Council Cllr. Noel Keelan. The launch follows an agreement between the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government and Food and Drink Industry Ireland (FDII) representing the gum industry, to fund a national gum litter awareness programme from 2015 – 2017. The agreement includes new agreed mechanisms to further enhance and reinvigorate the campaign and represents a multi-million euro commitment by industry to tackling the issue of littered gum. The initiative ...

PETER HUGHES Finding a replacement industry for the recently closed Bose plant in Carrickmacross was “a very high priority”, a letter sent from the Dept of Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton informed Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. Minister Bruton’s commitment to bringing alternative employment to the South Monaghan town didn’t spare his letter from criticism, with Sinn Féin’s Colm Carthy ironically welcoming what he regarded as a belated response on the issue, and Robbie Gallagher (Fianna Fáil) taking the Minister to task for appearing to claim credit for ...

Michael Fisher Bus Éireann Inspector Paddy Gollogly waved farewell for the last time as the Letterkenny express pulled out of Monaghan bus station on Tuesday afternoon. Since 1992 Paddy has been the Inspector at the depot, supervising all passing services at this busy stop, which is also used by Translink cross-border coaches from Derry and Armagh. After 44 years in the job, Paddy was hanging up his Inspector’s hat and looking forward to an active retirement. A native of Carrickmacross, he began work as a school bus driver in the area in 1971. ...

Intel recently celebrated the success of its 2014 Matching Grant initiative, rewarding 133 community organisations and schools from across Ireland with €461,076.  Monaghan based Magheracloone CLG were part of the 2014 Matching Grant Scheme and thus will receive funding in the amount of over €7,000.  The Intel Involved Matching Grant Program aims to encourage Intel employees to engage in outreach and volunteerism to make our communities a better place by supporting employees’ giving their time and talent to qualified non–profits organisations and schools. After a minimum of 20 hours has been accrued ...

Michael Fisher Workers at the Bose factory in Carrickmacross are clocking out for the last time today (Thursday), bringing to an end a proud history of 37 years of manufacturing high quality sound systems. The multinational company unexpectedly announced in January they would be closing the plant in April, with a loss of 140 jobs. Following representations to the management at their headquarters in the USA, the timeline was extended until the end of May. Despite attempts by the IDA and Enterprise Ireland to find a suitable replacement, no new investor has ...

“140 full-time jobs are going from the town and people have the right to know what the Government is doing to help,” Sinn Féin’s Colm Carthy stated at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council in relation to the pending closure of the Bose factory in Carrickmacross. Colr Carthy dismissed as “a generic response” a letter from the private secretary of Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD responding to Co Council representations on the closure of the Bose facility. This merely stated …

SOME public concerns were aired this week over a proposal for the construction of an energy farm on the outskirts of the South Monaghan town. It is understood the project is planned for a site in the Nafferty/Derryolam area and involves the construction of an 85- metre to 100- metre (300 feet) wind turbine as well as the installation of large numbers of solar panels on the 7.5 acre site. However, a planning application has not, as yet, been lodged with Monaghan County Council. A previous planning application for an 85- metre ...

By PATSY McARDLE A SOUTH Monaghan couple who lost a son in a tragic road fatality was included in a Families for Justice delegation which travelled to Brussels earlier this month to highlight the circumstances in which they lost loved ones and the manner in which the cases were investigated by the authorities. The group has felt they were let down by the Irish justice system and is campaigning for greater awareness and further investigation into the circumstances of the death of family members. The delegation was facilitated by Sinn Féin MEPs Matt ...