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Michael Fisher Monaghan Professor Sam McConkey from Killeevan, who is an expert in viruses, has urged caution before any indoor events or hospitality venues are opened up to crowds while the pandemic continues. The RCSI consultant in infectious diseases was speaking in an interview on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland programme on Monday. He was commenting after the scenes of outdoor gatherings of large crowds in Dublin and other cities at the weekend were compared to ‘V-Day’ celebrations by a leading HSE figure. Following the scenes of widespread street drinking at the ...

Michael Fisher Monaghan Professor Sam McConkey from Killeevan, who is an expert in viruses, has urged caution before any indoor events or hospitality venues are opened up to crowds while the pandemic continues. The RCSI consultant in infectious diseases was speaking in an interview on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland programme on Monday. He was commenting after the scenes of outdoor gatherings of large crowds in Dublin and other cities at the weekend were compared to ‘V-Day’ celebrations by a leading HSE figure. Following the scenes of widespread street drinking at the ...

Rockcorry National School is celebrating after one of its students was named the FBD Farm Safe School regional champion for Ulster. Mara Murray, a pupil in senior infants in Rockcorry, was chosen after her name was put forward for the award. Rockcorry National School is currently taking part in the Farm Safe Schools pilot programme which aims to kickstart farm safety conversations in classrooms nationwide. Each month one dedicated Champion is selected from each region and awarded a certificate of achievement and a family pass to Dublin Zoo, kindly sponsored ...

The Awards celebrate outstanding young people between the ages of 13 and 21 years. An Garda Síochána in Cavan/Monaghan and SuperValu recognise that a lot of good work is being done by young people in every community in both counties. Awards will be considered for nominated young people who by their presence make their communities a better place to live in. The nomination process is open to everyone, so if you know of a young person who is committed to making a difference to their community, please put them forward, ...

Michael Fisher A lobby group opposed to EirGrid’s plans for a high voltage electricity line across five counties from Meath to Tyrone, including Monaghan, has told the Minister for Climate Eamon Ryan TD the ‘day of reckoning’ will come over the North South interconnector. The North East Pylon Pressure Campaign that represents hundreds of landowners along part of the route who want the infrastructure put underground says the proposed overhead line and 400 pylons will never be accepted by the communities affected. It says their views have been airbrushed out ...

Farney let lead slip as focus turns to division 1 survival Monaghan salvaged a late draw with Tyrone in a typically tense Ulster derby in Omagh last Saturday evening as the Allianz National Football League Division One North went down to the wire. Having been fortunate to change ends trailing by just three points, Monaghan were much improved after the restart and they looked likely for long stages of the second half to claim that long-awaited win. Tyrone rallied strongly, however, and in the end, it took a last-gasp Ryan McAnespie ...

Colm Shalvey reports It’s a busy time for Monaghan’s senior teams, with a win, a draw and a defeat in last weekend’s action leaving plenty still to play for as the National Leagues reach the business end. An Allianz National Football League Division One North campaign that ended up on a knife edge left Monaghan and Armagh facing relegation play-offs, despite both having been in pole position to edge their way into the top two for long spells of the second half of their final-round games. Controversy immediately followed the venue ...

Glaslough the venue for launch of 2021 competition The North Monaghan village of Glaslough was the appropriate venue chosen by Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys TD on Friday morning for the announcement that the SuperValu national Tidy Towns competition would make a comeback in 2021. Glaslough fulfilled a long-cherished dream by winning the national competition for the second time in 2019. Covid-19 restrictions preventing the holding of the contest last year, the first time in over 60 years that the iconic event had not been staged. Minister Humphreys ...

Calls were made at the May meeting of Monaghan Co Council for Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive to match the commitment being shown by Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD and Irish Government Minister Heather Humphreys in relation to the reopening of the Ulster Canal. During a discussion on the project, Sinn Féin councillor Pat Treanor referred to a recent meeting held by ICBAN or the Irish Central Border Area Network, on which he was a Co Council delegate, with the Waterways Ireland Chief Executive, who explained that Waterways Ireland were ...

One of the founders of the Bealtaine Festival which celebrates the artistic and creative abilities of older people, Mamo McDonald of Clones, made an integral contribution to the festival’s celebration at St Anne’s Nursing Home in Ballybay on Friday last. A former national president on the ICA, Mamo joined with Age and Opportunity CEO Catherine Rose 26 years ago to initiate the very first Bealtaine programme, and has participated in the festival every year since then. On Friday last Mamo joined her fellow residents of St Anne’s to keep the ...