Articles in the Castleblayney Category

— Campbell secures commitment from contractors to facilitate Muckno Mania By Veronica Corr At the outset of Tuesday morning’s Carrickmacross/ Castleblayney Municipal District meeting, Cllr. Aidan Campbell asked Monaghan County Council’s Director of Services, Paul Clifford, if there was any further update on the Market House, Castleblayney, in addition to the report which had been given to the meeting of the full Local Authority the previous day. Mr. Clifford said that the report given to all 18 elected members the previous day by Chief Executive Eamonn O’Sullivan was the latest information ...

By Veronica Corr At Monday’s Monaghan County Council meeting, Cllr. Aidan Campbell asked for an update on the Market House, Castleblayney, because he understood that there was some news in that regard. The Fine Gael representative’s comments came during the discussion of the Chief Executive Eamonn O’Sullivan’s report. Sinn Féin Cllr. Jackie Crowe echoed his fellow elected member’s request. A written statement was issued as follows, dated 13th May, 2019: “Monaghan County Council is unable to complete a Structural Survey and Assessment of the Market House building as it is ...

By Veronica Corr At the outset of Tuesday afternoon’s meeting of Carrickmacross/Castleblayney Municipal District, Councillor Aidan Campbell asked for an update on the Market House, Castleblayney. Director of Services with Monaghan County Council, Mr. Paul Clifford confirmed that tenders had been received and that the Local Authority were about to award a contract with regard to the building. That is all he was willing to say publicly, but told Councillor Campbell that he would speak to him on the issue after the meeting. The Fine Gael representative wanted more to ...

Many people gathered in Castleblayney on Saturday last as part of the ongoing campagin for the restoration of the town’s Market House. Originally built c.1790 with signficant additions made c.1856, the Market House remains a major focal point of Castleblayney’s historic town centre. Despite the inclement weather there was a jovial atmosphere as people gathered, many people braving the cold temperatures and strong winds. It provided an opportunity for the people of Castleblayney and surrounding areas to come together and voice their unwavering support for Castleblayney Market House in a ...

By Patsy McArdle A major garda investigation continued in Castleblayney yesterday (Wed) after an ATM cash machine was ripped from the front of the AIB branch in the town’s Main Street during the early hours of the morning and an undisclosed amount of cash taken. The raid on the Castleblayney AIB cash machine was the latest in a series of similar raids on both sides of the border. Gardaí were alerted to the theft from the front wall and window of the bank at around 3 a. m and came ...

By Veronica Corr Monday afternoon’s meeting of Monaghan County Council received the following update on Castleblayney Courthouse from Chief Executive, Mr. Eamonn O’Sullivan: “In November 2018, Monaghan County Council issued a tender for consultants, to complete a Structural Survey and Assessment of the Market House in Castleblayney. The purpose of the survey and report was to ascertain the structural integrity of the building. Alan Clarke & Associates were appointed to compete the work and they conducted an initial site viewing in December 2018. “On 25 January 2019, the structural engineer ...

By Veronica Corr There was a lengthy debate at Monday’s meeting of Carrickmacross/Castleblayney Municipal District meeting in the Civic Offices, Carrickmacross on the future of the historic but now derelict Market House in Castleblayney. Councillor Aidan Campbell raised the issue during the discussion of matters arising from the previous meeting. He asked for a briefing on the current state of play with regard to the Market House, relaying the concerns of residents and retailers, including the shortage of parking, noting that the area had been fenced-off since January. The Castleblayney-based ...

By Olga Cronin A ‘booster tubE’ found in a shed in Monaghan in 2016 is similar to one discovered within a homemade “beer keg bomb” found in a Co louth church carpark two years earlier, a Special Criminal Court IRA trial has heard. Mechanic James Joseph Cassidy (55) of Tullycollive, Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, is on trial for IRA membership. He has pleaded not guilty to being a member of an unlawful organisation styling itself as the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Óglaigh na hÉireann, otherwise the IRA, within the State in ...

Business and trade leaders in Castleblayney, who have shown consistent support for the Club, are firmly focused on the outcome, and have great confidence in the capability of the players to make their day—and an All-Ireland dream come true!. By Patsy McArdle ALL sections of community life in Castleblayney, and the surrounding area, are enjoying a great buzz this week in the countdown to a deserving battle for All-Ireland laurels by the town’s hurling heroes—the local hurling team which hopes to claim the All-Ireland Junior Championship club title on Sunday next ...

Peter Hughes The Concra Wood Golf and Country Club in Castleblayney – venue in October for the Monaghan Irish Challenge golf tournament – is to host another prestigious event early next year: the January meeting of Monaghan Co Council. The local authority’s monthly meeting is to be brought to the Mid-Monaghan sporting venue by the Leas Cathaoirleach of the Council, Sinn Féin representative Colm Carthy. Cathaoirleach David Maxwell (Fine Gael) announced at Tuesday’s Council meeting that he was according the privilege of bringing the next meeting to a venue of ...