Articles in the Castleblayney Category

The Government must use its substantial stake in the Bank of Ireland to prevent the closures of local branches in Clones and Castleblayney. That was the clear message from a public meeting organised by Sinn Féin TD for Cavan/Monaghan Matt Carthy last Friday evening, held online due to Covid-19 restrictions. The meeting, attended by business representatives and members of the community from ‘Blayney and Clones, was told by Deputy Carthy that, when local towns lose banking services, it resulted in lower levels of investment and therefore had a negative impact ...

‘WRONG DECISION AT WRONG TIME’ – CARTHY Michael Fisher In another blow for banking services in Co. Monaghan, the Bank of Ireland announced on Monday it was closing its branches in Castleblayney and Clones, along with Cootehill and Kingscourt in Co. Cavan, as part of a major re-organisation. Sinn Féin Deputy Matt Carthy said it could be potentially devastating for the towns affected and described it as “the wrong decision at the wrong time.” A senior bank executive said it remained committed to Co. Monaghan and the changes would allow the ...

Includes Brackly Bridge Replacement near Castleblayney Michael Fisher Over €16 million from national funds is to be spent this year on the maintenance and renewal of the road network in County Monaghan. This includes bridge rehabilitation and drainage works. These grants supplement any expenditure by Monaghan County Council from their own resources on regional and local road projects and do not represent the total investment in regional and local roads for this year. The largest single expenditure will be the replacement of Brackly bridge on the R180 Carrickmacross to Lough Egish road, ...

National media spotlight on An Taisce report didn’t reflect expenditure and plans for Market House and Hope Castle says O’Sullivan Weekend national media coverage of the listing by An Taisce of Castleblayney’s Hope Castle and Market House as two of the country’s most endangered historic buildings did not reflect the levels of investment in their preservation made by Monaghan Co Council, or the local authority’s plans to restore both structures to productive future use. This was stated by Chief Executive Eamonn O’Sullivan at Monday’s meeting of the Council when an extensive ...

Castleblayney Community Enterprise learned that an additional €473,000 in funding for the new Enterprise Hub, which will be located at the site known as The Ridge, was being made available through the Department of Rural and Community Development, when Minister Heather Humphreys visited the town last Friday morning. L-R: Monaghan County Council Chief Executive Eamonn O’Sullivan, Castleblayney Enterprise Centre Manager Tommy McGuire, Castleblayney Community Enterprise Director Padraig Watters, Senator Robbie Gallagher, Cathaoirleach of Monaghan County Council Colm Carthy, Minister Heather Humphreys, Carrickmacross/Castleblayney Municipal District Co-ordinator Damien Thornton, Councillor Aoife McCooey, ...

INCREASE IN ILLEGAL DRINKING DENS ANTICIPATED AS “WET PUB” CLOSURES CONTINUE A private premises in Castleblayney was raided by Gardaí on Saturday as part of an operation designed to shut down “shebeens” or illegal drinking dens. Covid-19 restrictions which have imposed closure on “wet pubs” in Ireland for much of this year have given rise to an increase in the operation of establishments where alcohol is illegally served, the Gardaí said this week, and the trend is expected to increase over the Christmas and New Year holiday period as legitimate licensed ...

By Veronica Corr Corr Derek Duffy, Director and founder member of Cú Chullainn Blood Bikes, who is based in Castleblayney, spoke to The Northern Standard this week about the group being unsuccessful in its bid to gain a grant from Monaghan County Council under its COVID-19 Emergency Fund, which came from the Dept of Rural and Community Development. “The organisation is Monaghan-based, but we cover the whole North East, Cavan, Meath, Monaghan and Louth. We are also the lead blood bike group in Ireland that looks after the Human Milk Bank ...

Michael Fisher As part of the HSE’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, a community assessment hub has been set up in Castleblayney to serve Co. Monaghan. It has been established at the Crannog Day Care centre at Bree. People who have been tested in this area and are confirmed as having Covid- 19, and who require a face-toface clinical assessment, can attend this community based unit, following referral from a GP. The HSE says the aim of the unit is to divert those who are mildly symptomatic and require medical ...

On Tuesday February 11, The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) hosted the always highly anticipated IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year Awards, now in its twelfth year, at the new location of Twenty Two, South Anne Street, Dublin. The short list of nominees were selected by over 13,500 IMRO members with a public vote then awarding the National Live Music Venue of the Year 2019 accolade to Coughlan’s Live Bar and Music Venue, Cork. Castleblayney’s Íontas Theatre was presented with the IMRO Ulster Live Music Venue of the Year ...

Congratulations to three Transition Year students from Our Lady’s Secondary School Castleblayney, Kaitlin Brereton, Emma Bannigan & Ryan George who achieved first place in the Chemical, Physical & Mathematical intermediate section at the BT Young Scientist Exhibition with their project entitled ‘Icy Hot: An Investigation to Prove the Existence of the Mpemba Effect and Examine Under which Physical Circumstances it Can Occur’. The aim of the project was to investigate the ‘Mpemba Effect’. While making ice-cream discoverer Erasto Bartholomew Mpemba noticed that…