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MAITIU MONAGHAN REPORTS The Monaghan hurlers (PICTURED) survived a second half scare to book their place in the final of the Lory Meagher Cup with a 5-point win against Longford on Saturday. In the first minute, Longford took the lead with a fantastic score from midfielder John Mulhern from near the side-line. Monaghan responded in the best possible way. Just a minute later, Thomas Hughes using his pace to beat his marker before blasting the sliotar into the net to give Monaghan the lead for the first time. After the blistering ...

Bike Week in County Monaghan coordinated by the Active Travel Unit of Monaghan County Council and Monaghan Sports Partnership came to its close on Sunday afternoon. A nationwide initiative by the Department of Transport, the National Transport Authority (NTA) and Transport for Ireland celebrates active travel, sustainable transport and simply the joys of cycling a bike! The central aim of the week in the County was to create awareness of the benefits of cycling. The events arranged throughout the 10 days attracted and encouraged cyclists, particularly new cyclists of all ...

Cavan/Monaghan Sinn Féin TD Matt Carthy has accused Transport Minister and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan TD of “politically motivated discrimination against Co Monaghan” over the failure of major road improvement schemes on the N2 to secure adequate funding in order to progress. Deputy Carthy this week said that Minister Ryan has removed funding for projects that were prioritised in the National Development Plan and diverted it to projects that were not. “Only a political intervention from Minister Ryan’s coalition partners can ensure that these road projects are advanced,” he ...

A significant moment in its own history occurred for Monaghan Co Museum this week when its long-standing home at The Hill in Monaghan Town closed its doors for the last time. The Museum staff will now ramp up preparations for the move early next year to new premises in the Monaghan Peace Campus. The Hill had been the Co Museum’s home for 40 years, ever since they were compelled to move from their original location in Monaghan Courthouse following the fire which devastated the building in the early 1980s. Opening ...

Plans are in train to develop parts of Dartrey Forest Park as a visitor attraction but the process will be a delicate one given the area’s principal designation as a commercial forestry, the members of the Ballybay-Clones Municipal District were informed on Monday. The MD meeting heard an illuminating presentation from Co Tourism Officer Dympna Condra and Sue Mannis from consultants The Paul Hogarth Company on the project, which has a declared focus on “low-impact, sensitively designed interventions to enhance the outdoor experience in Dartrey Forest, particularly along the existing ...

By Veronica Corr On Monday morning, Minister Heather Humphreys said that turning the sod on C:TEK II Co-working Enterprise Hub on the Convent Lands, Carrickmacross, was “a great way to start the week”. Speaking in the Civic Offices before leading the delegation to the nearby site on foot, she said: “I know that all the Councillors in the Municipal District are proud of this further achievement for the area, but there is one man I have to mention, because God knows he did break me heart – and that’s PJ ...

A Safety and Security Seminar in Monaghan Town this week delivered a stark warning to local communities about the increased risk of text message and investment scams. Over 55s were now a key target for increasingly elaborate scams seeking investments of upward of €20,000, delegates were informed at the Hillgrove Hotel event on Tuesday. The seminar for older people was hosted by. Age Friendly Ireland (AFI), Banking and Payments Federation Ireland and the Garda Older Persons Association. The event followed widespread warnings about increases in smishing, phone scams and investment ...

More resources were urgently needed for the Family Resource Centre in Clones to cater for the needs of the towns rising population of migrants, Sinn Féin local public representative Pat Treanor told Monday’s meeting of the Ballybay- Clones Municipal District. Councillor Treanor won support for a motion that the MD write to Tusla, Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’- Gorman TD and all Oireachtas members for Cavan/Monaghan seeking their support and intervention. The motion expressed appreciation for “the valuable work being done by the Clones Family ...

Heather Humphreys, TD – Minister of Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands, centre, cutting a ribbon to officially open the upgraded Monaghan Town Greenway, at the ceremony that was held last Friday. In the photo (L-R) Anthony Morrow, NTA, Senator Robbie Gallagher, Cllr Sean Conlon, Cathaoirleach of Monaghan County Council, Heather Humphreys, TD – Minister of Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands, Cllr Raymond Aughey, Cathaoirleach, Monaghan Municipal District, Cllr Brian McKenna, Patricia Monahan, Chief Executive, Monaghan County Council and Gareth McMahon, Director of ...

The vital need for the Co Monaghan public to make known their level of interest in having an Affordable Housing Scheme operative in the county was emphasised at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. The Council are commencing the process of developing the scheme, with the first step a public survey to ascertain the level of potential interest. “The Council will use the information gathered in this survey to inform targeted development of future Affordable Housing Schemes in Co Monaghan,” Acting Director of Housing Services Olga McConnon told Monday’s meeting. ...