Articles in the Clones News Category

Michael Fisher The Cathaoirleach of Monaghan County Council, Cllr Seamus Coyle, has said he is horrified by comments made in a recent radio interview that the ‘drink culture’ and ‘litter’ at Clones during the Ulster final meant it was not a place to bring your children. Donegal native Charlie McMonagle, who lives in Ballymahon, told the Joe Finnegan Show on Northern Sound that drink culture, litter and broken glass were the reasons he would not be bringing his family to the Ulster football final this weekend, when his home county ...

Michael Fisher Monaghan’s longest serving and often controversial public representative Hughie McElvaney was lifted high by his supporters as they celebrated his victory at the local elections count centre in Threemilehouse on Sunday. The Corcaghan businessman has just completed 45 years’ service on Monaghan County Council. As his election posters stated, he hopes his latest success will result in fifty years working with and serving the community. With six candidates chasing five seats (reduced by one because of Boundary Committee changes), one candidate had to lose out. In the end, ...

A number of students from Largy College in Clones will attend Irish courses in Gaeltacht areas in Donegal and Galway this summer. Students received scholarships from Cavan and Monaghan ETB, Monaghan County Council, Ballybay Clones Municipal District and Monaghan GAA. Go n-éirí go geal leo sa Ghaeltacht!

Cllr Sean Gilliland said he wanted people to feel safe in their homes and content in the community. “That’s a big commitment of mine,” he said. “I want to see those communities and their facilities made better,” he said. He said he had polled well in the core areas of Doohamlet, Aughnamullen, Latton, Cremartin and Ballybay. He wanted to see those communities survive and be successful, as well as being secure. RICHARD TRUELL (FG) Richard Truell who had been co-opted to the County Council last October to replace Eva Humphreys ...

“Old politics of back handers and brown envelopes” SF Cllr claims Michael Fisher There’s still no agreement on what the official name of the new offices of Ballybay Clones Municipal District at the Market House in Clones should be. At Monday’s meeting of the MD the six members remained divided in their opinion on whether to accept a recommendation from a public consultation last year. It came out in favour of Teach Séamus Ó Conghaile (James Connolly House) after the 1916 Irish patriot, who was born in Edinburgh and had family ...

For the first time in history, the President of the GAA, John Horan, addressed the Seanad. He gave a wide ranging speech, after which Senator Robbie Gallagher used the opportunity to impress upon him the importance of retaining the Ulster Final in Clones. He asked him to keep it in its historic home of St Tiernach’s Park. Senator Gallagher began by noting that Mr. Horan had pinpointed many aspects of the GAA and its qualities, referring briefly to the recent tragic accident in Co. Donegal, where four young men lost ...

By Veronica Corr “Rural type towns are dying as we speak, what with Post Office closures and Shane Ross’s attack on rural Ireland. We all have to be very alarmed,” Fianna Fáil representative Seamus Coyle told Tuesday morning’s meeting of Ballybay/Clones Municipal District. “Everyone is entitled to retire with dignity, but it is an underhand way of An Post taking the Post Office out of an area. We are losing Post Offices because of retirements, nothing else is provided and we are losing a vital cog in the community forever,” ...

Clones members of Monaghan Comhairle na nÓg were delighted to meet with management and staff of the Peace Link this week to admire the new signage installed at the Peace Link. The Youth council this year have been campaigning to increase awareness of the issues that face young people in the LGBT community in County Monaghan. Part of this campaign has seen them launch a…

By Veronica Corr The Market House, Clones, one of the town’s most historic buildings on The Diamond, recently received a new lease of life after years of dereliction. This stunning landmark is the new home of Ballybay/Clones Municipal District and Local Authority offices. Its restoration blends the old with the new and the conservation architects managed to preserve the original period features of the Victorian building. The local community came out in force last Friday afternoon, October 5th, to see the renovation for themselves, when it was officially launched….