Articles in the Carrickmacross Category

By Veronica Corr Gardaí have confirmed that a male was remanded in custody to Cloverhill Prison until July 25th at Monday’s sitting of Carrickmacross District Court in Monaghan Courthouse. The defendant was before the court on charges of criminal damage arising from an incident at Cloughvalley Stores at approximately 5am on Sunday morning. The man was arrested at the scene and subsequently charged with a number of criminal damage offences including damaging fuel pumps in the forecourt, the shop front and a vehicle with a teleporter, during the incident. It is ...

Two pop-up Covid-19 vaccination clinics will be held in Carrickmacross and Monaghan Town this week. The first clinic will be held in Carrickmacross Primary Care Centre on the Oriel Road today, Thursday June 16 from 2-5 pm. Those aged 12 years and over may avail of Dose 1, Dose 2 and booster vaccines while those who are 65 who are eligible for their second booster may also attend. Walk-ins are welcome. The second pop-up clinic will be held at Monaghan Primary Care Centre, St Davnet’s Campus, Monaghan tomorrow, Friday June ...

After more than seven years working as a reporter for The Northern Standard, Tydavnetbased Michael Fisher has announced his retirement from the paper. He has been covering the Ballybay/Clones Municipal District since his appointment to the staff in 2018. Previously Michael worked for the Standard as a freelance and spent some time covering the Carrickmacross/Castleblayney area. He has also reported on the Monaghan Municipal District area. Although he has reported expertly and with insight on a wide range of stories, Michael has perhaps been mostly closely identified during his time ...

April 13th 2022 – Nuremore Hotel, Carrickmacross  Whether you are in the construction, engineering, services, or agri-food business, you need to innovate to support productivity, drive growth and sustain employment. On Wednesday 13th April in the Nuremore Hotel, Carrickmacross you can find out how you can use your company’s data to transform your business and drive growth. Local firms will demonstrate how their engagement with the Data Value Hub helped them transform their businesses by applying data analytics, artificial intelligence and technical upskilling to drive innovation, productivity and efficiencies. Companies that adopt technology ...

By Veronica Corr Minister of State Anne Rabbitte gave a commitment to Senator Robbie Gallagher on Tuesday afternoon that she would visit the Bóthar Oirialla Group Home in Carrickmacross on March 28th, which Senator Gallagher felt might coincide nicely with an official opening! Deputy Anne Rabbitte told her Fianna Fáil colleague: “We are just between friends here and I do not mind sharing that in order for me to expedite this, I named the date I was coming to Carrickmacross, which was 28 March.” Junior Minister Rabbitte continued: “There is ...

• Carrick has county’s highest house prices, GeoDirectory report states The latest GeoDirectory Residential Buildings Report has found that 297 new residential address points were added to the GeoDirectory database in 2021 in Monaghan, while a further 462 residential buildings were under construction in the county in Q4 2021. The report, published by GeoDirectory and prepared by EY, found that the number of new residential address points added to the GeoDirectory database nationally in 2021 fell by 17.4% compared to the previous year. In total 18,047 new address points were recorded ...

Call on Co Council to explore possibility of Shirley estate development as public amenity Sinn Féin local public representative Colm Cathy has called on Monaghan Co Council to explore whether the Lough Fea estate in South Monaghan, closely associated with the Shirley family, could be developed as a public amenity. Councillor Carthy, the current Cathaoirleach of the Council, after praising the recent development work which had taken place under the aegis of the local authority at Rossmore Forest Park in Monaghan Town, asked at Monday’s Council meeting if there had ever ...

Poultry producers from Co Monaghan have joined with colleagues in counties Cavan, Louth and Meath to provide major support for a project in Cambodia which is providing a lifeline to local children. Through the An Sicín Coop, the poultry men are aiding a chicken rearing project established at a Cambodian school. Co-op Chairman Pat Mc- Cormick became aware of the school-based project after hearing a podcast of an interview on Northern Sound radio. Carrickmacross-based retired teachers Dave Phelan and his wife Niamh Boylan have been teaching teachers for over three ...

Funding of €600,000 provided to the HSE’s Disability Services will be used to bring about the opening of the Bothar Oirialla Group Home in Carrickmacross later this year, the members of Monaghan Co Council were informed on Monday. Correspondence forwarded to the Council from Cavan/Monaghan Fianna Fáil Senator Robbie Gallagher from the HSE indicated that Disability Services in the CHO or Community Healthcare Organisation 1 region, which includes Co Monaghan, would be “progressing the necessary requirements and arrangements to have the Bothar Oirialla Group Home operational in the latter half ...

The following statement was received from Senator Robbie Gallagher: Senator Robbie Gallagher has received confirmation that the Bothar Oirialla Group Home in Carrickmacross for persons with a disability will open in the latter half of this year. Senator Gallagher, who has been in constant contact with the HSE and Minister Anne Rabbitte, Minister of State for Disability, says that he has been advised by John Hayes, Chief Officer CH01, that: “CH01 Disability Services has received €600,000 in its 2021 funding budget allocation to progress additional residential service and this funding ...