Articles in the Clones News Category

Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, Heather Humphreys was in Clones library on Monday evening to officially open the ‘We Are Clones’ exhibition, which received funding from her Department. Paintings of various buildings and areas around the town were painted by ten local amateur artists over four weeks and will be on display until next week. See full story by Cianna McNally in next week’s issue.

By Cianna McNally Anybody attending an event in the former Clones courthouse building can now literally rest assured they will be sitting in both style and comfort as retractable tiered seating is now in place in the venue. The seating was offically unveiled by Minister for the Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Heather Humphreys last Friday evening. This development follows on from work to improve the acoustics in the building, which was carried out last year. Minister Humphreys Department granted funding for both the acoustics work ...

By PATSY McARDLE LOCAL  authorities and community groups on both sides of the Border are poised to make further progress in the next few weeks in relation to the development of an overall plan  to restore the old Ulster Canal.   A new North-South  Forum,  with representatives from Monaghan, Cavan, Fermanagh, and  Omagh County Councils,  is  being activated  to explore how funding can best be raised for the  huge project. The old  cross-border waterway, which linked the North to Monaghan town and Clones,  was completed between 1825 and 1841 and linked  Lough Erne with ...

In The County Line on RTÉ Radio 1 this Saturday, August 20, at 10 am, renowned poet, playwright and RTE Radio 1 host Vincent Woods continues his road trip through the counties of Roscommon, Cavan and Monaghan on a quest to explore each county’s unique identity. The third and final episode in the series sees Vincent travel to Co Monaghan, where he catches up with journalist Frank McNally to chat about cultural identity and his connection to his home county, before paying a visit to The Peace Link sports ...

Gardai investigating an incident in which a people carrier in which a ten-year-old child had been sitting as a passenger was unlawfully taken from the town centre of Clones last Saturday evening brought a 34-year-old man before a special sitting of the District Court in Cavan Town on Sunday. A charge against Patrick Graham junior, of Creeney Cottages, Belturbet, Co Cavan alleges that he unlawfully took a vehicle from The Diamond, Clones on July 30 last. Garda Inspector Pat O’Connell told Judge Kevin Kilraine at the special court sitting that a ten-year-old ...

By Cianna McNally A Clones fashion blogger and stylist last week picked up a prestigious award at the RDS Dublin Horse Show. Rebecca Quigley from Coolnalong, who is the lady behind the Facebook blog Rebecca Rose Stylist, was chosen as overall winner in the Longines ‘Elegance is an Attitude’ category on Thursday last, 21st July. This was her second year attending the show and she took home a Longines ‘Dolce Vita’ watch encased in steel and decorated with diamonds. The RDS Dublin Horse show is one of the ...

“The EU is not just about laws and rules agreed for the common interest, it is about Europe and multiculturalism and respecting each other with common values.” So writes Clones journalist Cliona Connolly in the following exclusive piece for The Northern Standard in which she reflects on the reaction to the UK referendum outcome in Brussels, where she works as Press Officer for the Irish European People’s Party grouping in the European Parliament: Friday 24th June was a very sad day for me personally and for everyone here in Brussels. I was ...

Michael Fisher The border town of Clones with its rich monastic past has the potential to be developed as a heritage destination, according to the Minister for Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys. She suggested a monastic trail could be established in the borderlands area, linking Ireland’s Ancient East and the Wild Atlantic Way in the west. The Minister was speaking at the launch at the Canal Stores of a digital pictorial record of the High Cross in the Diamond and St Tighernach’s Tomb Shrine.  The laser scan ...

The third Cassandra Hand Rose Competition took place in the Creighton Hotel Clones on Saturday, the 11th of June. Alana McDonald emerged as the winning rose. Thirteen amazing young women from Clones town and the surrounding area took part in what turned out to be a very busy programme of events. Festivities kicked off in the Cassandra Hand Centre where the girls met their fellow roses, the judges and staff, where they took part in some ice-breaking exercises. Then they visited the Sacred Heart Nursing Home to spend time with ...