Articles in the Emyvale Category

The Bishop of Clogher Dr Liam MacDaid has made a special appeal at a Mass in Carrickroe, Emyvale, for anyone with information about Columba McVeigh, abducted and killed by the IRA in 1975 and then secretly buried, to come forward. Dr MacDaid urged anyone who might have even a small shred of evidence about where Mr McVeigh was buried to contact the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains. Prayers were also said and a candle was lit for Kieran McAree, the Emyvale man who is believed to have gone ...

The National Roads Authority are being requested to expedite approval and funding for a comprehensive plan of safety measures at the Shaws Corner area of Emyvale where a lorry transporting milk overturned and collided with portion of a residence around 8.30 am on Sunday morning last. The N2 was closed in both directions for a time following the crash and Gardaí are continuing an investigation into the cause of the incident, which occurred in icy road conditions. The driver of the vehicle is understood to have escaped serious injury and ...

Emyvale 1-15 Oram 0-08 By JOHN GRAHAM EMYVALE possessed too much power and strength in depth for a battling Oram side as they booked their place in the final of the junior football championship for the second year in a row in this entertaining and at times quite exciting contest that was played in somewhat blustery conditions in Smithboro on Sunday afternoon last. Emyvale started well but Oram gradually played their way into this game to the extent that they wiped out an early three points deficit to go on and take the lead ...

A large crowd gathered at The Blackwater Valley Learning Centre, Knockconan, Emyvale on Tuesday 12th February 2013 for the initial launch of the ‘Border Roads to Memories and Reconciliation Project’. This project is being run by Latton Social Services and Development Ltd and is funded by the European Union’s PEACE III Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body, under Priority 1, Theme 1.2. Acknowledging and Dealing with the Past.  The project will focus on the entire 350 mile border corridor, stretching from Donegal/Derry/L’Derry in the northwest to the Newry/Dundalk area ...

A representative group of traders from the Emyvale area of North Monaghan were due to meet members and officials of Monaghan Co Council this (Thursday) morning to air their concerns about what they fear will be a negative business impact from planned temporary road closures scheduled to commence later this month. The Co Council has advertised its intention to close the soutbound lane of the N2 national primary route from Derry to Monaghan from its junction with the Corrabrack Road to its junction with the Tydavnet Road from Monday, ...

EMYVALE 2-12 EIRE OG 0-06 By JOHN GRAHAM IN THE end Emyvale who have been one of the favourites for the junior title since the start of the season, experienced little difficulty in booking their place in the final of the junior football championship as they ran out easy winners over an Eire Og side who were always facing an uphill battle. This game was only a contest in the real sense of the word for most of the opening half with little between the sides and Eire Og’s tough ...

By Michael McDonnell michael@northern-standard.ie Two men were arrested in Emyvale yesterday afternoon following a high-speed garda chase which ended when they crashed into a roadblock set up by gardai. A garda spokesperson confirmed that a patrol car had pursued the Cork-registered Renault car after it failed to stop at a checkpoint on the northbound N2 at Coolshannagh, outside Monaghan town. A second garda car had been used, along with another vehicle, to block off the road at Main Street, Emyvale, and it is understood that the silver Renault collided with ...

A 66-year-old Emyvale farmer who discharged his shotgun twice in a late-night incident at his home in January of this year had assault and firearms offence charges dismissed against him at Monaghan District Court in a case in which the recently introduced Criminal Law (Defence and the Dwelling) Act was cited by the defence. Patrick McAreavey, Tullyard, Emyvale, who was represented by Mr Martin Cosgrove, solicitor, pleaded not guilty to charges that he recklessly discharged a firearm at Tullyard on January 22 this year, and that he assaulted Peter ...

Fine Gael TD for Cavan/Monaghan Heather Humphreys has confirmed that she has been in close contact with the Minister for Transport in relation to securing funding for crucial safety improvements along the N2 road from Monaghan to Emyvale. Deputy Humphreys said that she had spoken to Minister Leo Varadkar on a number of occasions over the Christmas and New Year period and made clear the importance of this funding to Co Monaghan. “I have lobbied the Minister intensively in relation to this matter and have made it quite ...