Articles in the Castleblayney Category

Large crowd at Glencarn assured that well over half the cost of life-saving DNA equipment for Mater Hospital has been raised over the last year By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie A GOOD CROWD of horseracing enthusiasts defied the inclement weather on Tuesday night to attend the Oliver Brady Memorial Cheltenham Preview 2016 in ’Blayney’s Glencarn Hotel, where they were given the best betting tips for next week’s big event and were also assured that well over half the money needed to fulfil the late Oliver’s promise to provide life-saving “gene-sequencing” to the Mater Hospital ...

By PATSY McARDLE A young-at-heart Castleblayney lady set a unique national record as the eldest voter in the country at last Friday’s General Election! Mrs Molly Loughman, who celebrated her 103rd birthday on Tuesday week last, was in a jovial mood as she joked with the presiding officer and staff, as well as with photographers and well-wishers, after voting in a booth in her home town . The widowed mother-of–four, whose husband, James, died in 1955,   was assisted to the booth in her wheelchair by staff at St. Mary’s Hospital, Castleblayney, where she ...

TEN PIN BOWLING: The Ulster Area South Ten Pin Bowling competition was held in the GR8 Castleblayney on Friday last 19th February in which 97 athletes took part. The Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys officially opened the competitions and our own Athlete Padraig Kelly read the Special Olympic Oath.   37 athletes from Monaghan Special Olympics Club competed in both singles and doubles competitions taking home 14 gold, 10 silver, 11 bronze and 38 ribbons. This is a great reflection on our coaches Parents and all involved ...

The anti-water charges movement Right2Water have called for a National Day of Action this coming Saturday February 20 assembling at 2 pm in Parnell Square, Dublin. Following on from a series of local and national mobilisations held over the past year, organisers are intent on ensuring the controversial water charges issue becomes a focal point for discussion over the remaining days of the General Election campaign. Sinn Féin councillor Seán Conlon, local co-ordinator with Right2Water stated: “Saturday’s event is a continuation in a series of anti-water tax rallies held locally and nationally since ...

The announcement of more than €1 million in government funding for refurbishment works at three nursing homes in Cavan and Monaghan has been welcomed by Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys. In Monaghan, €750,000 will be spent on refurbishment works at Oriel House, while St Mary’s Hospital in Castleblayney will receive more than €200,000 in investment. In Cavan, the Lisdarn Unit for the Elderly will receive €100,000 for refurbishment works. The works will be carried out over this year and next year. Commenting, Minister Humphreys said that this investment ...

A 72-YEAR-OLD Castleblayney man has pleaded guilty to dangerous driving causing the death of a motorcyclist in a collision that occurred on the main road between Carrickmacross and Castleblayney on 9th July 2014. Jack McNally of Henry Street, Castleblayney had initially denied causing the death of Mark Anthony Downey, a 40-year-old father of five with an address at Brookhaven Rise, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15, but a jury of seven women and five men was discharged when he changed his plea on the second day of the trial last Thursday. Monaghan Circuit Criminal Court ...

By PATSY McARDLE THERE were separate calls this week from a Cavan-Monaghan Dáil Deputy the Cathaoirleach of Monaghan Co Council, and a Carrickmacross Fianna Fáil councillor, for urgent measures to be undertaken for greater traffic control on the N2 Dublin/Derry Road, between Castleblayney and Carrickmacross, after an horrific crash on Monday last in which two lorry drivers were killed. Both drivers died after the horror crash involving their trucks on a stretch of the road near Broomfield. The victims were named as Declan Holian, 30, from Barrack, Ramelton, Co Donegal and Klaidas Bakanas, ...

Castleblayney College had a double success in basketball recently in the Under 19 and Under 16 League Finals. Under 19 Girls Basketball Final Castleblayney College girls showed excellent teamwork in their recent basketball win against the Marist College, Dundalk. There were good fast breaks in the game which guaranteed a second quarter lead and Castleblayney College blazing ahead, to a very comfortable win. The players, including substitutes are as follows: Sarah Coleman, Maria Connolly, Rosemary Courtney, Rioghnach Duffy, Clodagh Fitzsimmons, Vanessa Hagenhaus, Aoife Hamill, Orlaith Hamill, Michaela McCann, Emma McGeough, ...

By Veronica Corr Sinn Fein Cllr. Noel Keelan, addressing yesterday’s meeting of Carrickmacross/Castleblayney Municipal District, slammed the recent spate of illegal dumping in and around Carrickmacross as “totally unacceptable”. He was glad to report that there had been some evidence gathered from abandoned rubbish. The accompanying pictures, taken by photographer Pat Byrne — of bin bags at Aghalile Road, Carrickmacross and tyres at Capragh, Donaghmoyne — perfectly illustrate Cllr. Keelan’s comments. At last month’s meeting Fianna Fail Cllr. Padraig McNally expressed fears that the prevalence of illegal dumping would only be exacerbated by the ...

By Patsy McArdle WHAT has been termed locally as the “scandal of the deterioration of Castleblayney Courthouse and town landmark Market House building” re-surfaced, this week, with a strong call yesterday (Wed) by local Fine Gael TD Sean Conlan to the Minister for Arts Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD to “provide immediate emergency funding” the restoration of the building. Deputy Conlan stated that the Market House in Castleblayney was abandoned for too long and, he said, : “It is not good enough that while we have a Minister with responsibility ...