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Clontibret-based Moffett Automated Storage Limited has been named as Overall Winner of the Small Firms Association National Small Business Awards 2023. The awards celebrate the achievements of small businesses in Ireland and recognise the important and vital contributions of this sector to the Irish economy. Thirty-six finalists and five Emerging New Businesses were selected from hundreds of applications received for the 2023 programme. Moffett Automated Storage provides a fully automated storage solution to warehouses that use pallets. The company covers all aspects from warehouse design and planning; engineering and production ...

A new community alert and information service has gone live across Co Monaghan following its official launch at the recent meeting of Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee. The Monaghan Alerts service is an extension of an information provision by Monaghan Co Council. It incorporates a Garda and community messaging service to augment the existing text alert service on local authority related topics such as road closures and severe weather warnings. The development represents the continuation of the community alert crime prevention and information system that has been operating in Co ...

ABOVE: Minister Humphreys taking part in the St Patrick’s Parade in London last weekend

A man in his 50s died in a two-vehicle road traffic collision which occurred on the N12 at Knockaconny outside Monaghan Town on Saturday morning last, March 11. The man who received fatal injuries was the sole occupant of one of the vehicles involved in the incident. His body was removed from the scene for post mortem examination. Two occupants of the second car were taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda and Cavan General Hospital for treatment to injuries which were described as not life-threatening. Gardaí and ...

Monaghan Co Council has been called upon to take urgent action to minimise traffic disruption following the collapse of section of a bridge in the Derrygooney area of Latton at the weekend. The matter was raised at Monday’s meeting of the Council by Fine Gael representative Sean Gilliland, who referred to the adverse effect on the local community of the incident and the subsequent road closure. Councillor Gilliland said that the road in question had previously been closed for months while work was carried out to the bridge, and there ...

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to an incident in the Magheracloone area of Carrickmacross last Saturday, March 4 in which was a motorist was stopped by a person purporting to be a member of An Garda Síochána. The incident occurred at approximately 7.45 am in the Clonseady area. A motorist was stopped by a male driving a navy-coloured Toyota Corolla Estate with what may have been a 10-LH registration plate. This individual allegedly identified themselves as a member of An Garda Síochána to the motorist but could not provide official ...

Muineachán Le Gaeilge have called for the establishment of a centre for the Irish Language Community in Monaghan. There are now four Gaelscoileanna in the county, as well as Coláiste Oiriall at secondary school level, making Monaghan the county with the highest percentage of children attending Irishmedium education on the island, outside of the Gaeltacht. With such schools and the continued growth of Irish language activities in the English medium schools, Monaghan is now considered one of Athbheochan na Gaeilge’s ongoing success stories. See inside for I dtreo Cultúrlainne – ...

PETER HUGHES A cloud of uncertainty has descended on the future rate of progress of both the Clontibret to the Border and the Ardee to Castleblayney road upgrades on the N2. Both schemes were included in the national road allocations announced by Transport Infrastructure Ireland last month, but there was a furious reaction at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council – including threats to kick down the door of Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan TD if he refused a meeting – when what one councillor referred to as “the devil ...

Ballinode-based heavy lift equipment manufacturer Megalift has announced a significant expansion of its operations which will lead to the creation of ten new jobs. The company, which currently exports to 30 countries, is to embark on a substantial 30,000 sq ft development alongside its existing manufacturing facility in Ballinode. Work is expected to commence in June. The new jobs, which will come on stream over the next 12 months, will encompass a diverse range of roles including fabricators, fitters and design engineers. “These new skilled jobs, which are due to ...

Ballinode-based heavy lift equipment manufacturer Megalift has announced a significant expansion of its operations which will lead to the creation of ten new jobs. The company, which currently exports to 30 countries, is to embark on a substantial 30,000 sq ft development alongside its existing manufacturing facility in Ballinode. Work is expected to commence in June. The new jobs, which will come on stream over the next 12 months, will encompass a diverse range of roles including fabricators, fitters and design engineers. “These new skilled jobs, which are due to ...