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Cignal Infrastructure has been requested by Monaghan Co Council to furnish further information in support of their application for planning permission for the erection of a 39-metre mobile and broadband telecommunications tower on Coillte land at Gortakeegan in Monaghan Town, in the vicinity of the popular Rossmore Forest Park amenity. Twenty-three submissions objecting to the proposal had been submitted to the local authority and CignaI Infrastructure has been requested…

Funding announced this week will contribute to the conservation and restoration of wetlands and the control of invasive species in Co Monaghan. The money is being provided under a biodiversity grant scheme for local authorities. In Co Monaghan, €15,980 has been secured for an Invasive Species Management Plan for Rossmore Forest Park in Monaghan Town. The plan will focus on the long-term management and control of a number of invasive species identified at the increasingly popular amenity. €15,725 is being allocated to identify wetlands from the county’s database of 711 ...

Five occupants of a car involved in a collision in the Tyholland area of Monaghan on Monday last were brought to hospital for treatment. The vehicle in which the five people were travelling struck a ditch on the N12 close to Monaghan Mushrooms at approximately 7.30 pm. It was reported that one of the occupants of the vehicle was in a serious condition following the accident. The Monaghan to Armagh road was closed for a time due to the collision but has since reopened.

Monaghan Tidy Towns has worked in partnership with Jim Mc Connon of Mc Connon’s Londis to improve the approach to Old Cross Square from the Greenway. a new fence has replaced temporary security fencing and wildflower seeds have been sown along the path. Monaghan Tidy Towns’ Chairperson Emer Brennan said that the Committee was delighted with the sponsorship of materials for the project which is one of several projects planned along the northern section of the Greenway. “We were approached last…

Colm Shalvey reports An Allianz National Football League Division One North campaign that has caught the imagination of many for the free-flowing nature of the games to date looks set to go down to the wire on Saturday night. Following Tyrone’s win over Armagh in round two and the high-scoring draw between Monaghan and Donegal, all four Ulster rivals have plenty to play for in the final round, with qualification for the semi-finals and avoiding the relegation play-offs the target for each team. Monaghan’s full focus will be on their latest ...

Division One status on the line as Monaghan seek much-needed win Colm Shalvey reports An Allianz National Football League Division One North campaign that has caught the imagination of many for the free-flowing nature of the games to date looks set to go down to the wire on Saturday night. Following Tyrone’s win over Armagh in round two and the high-scoring draw between Monaghan and Donegal, all four Ulster rivals have plenty to play for in the final round, with qualification for the semi-finals and avoiding the relegation play-offs the target for ...

Over 17,100 homes and businesses across Co Monaghan now have access to Imagine’s 5G Fixed Broadband service, the provider said this week as it announced the continued expansion of its network across regional and rural Ireland. This includes 8,679 premises designated as ‘Amber’ or having inadequate access to high speed, high capacity broadband, under the National Broadband Plan (NBP), Imagine stated in a media release which continued: Imagine is announcing the acceleration of the rollout of its network across regional and rural Ireland to meet the shift in demand and ...

Politicians at national and local level strongly re-emphasised the need to bring justice to the survivors and victims’ relatives of the 1974 bombings in Monaghan Town and Dublin as the 47th anniversary of the atrocities was marked on Monday May 17 last. In a statement marking the anniversary, Minister for Justice Heather Humphreys TD emphasised the Government’s commitment “to seek out the truth behind those events and, hopefully, to secure some measure of comfort for the victim’s families and the survivors.” The Cavan/Monaghan TD said the Government would continue to ...

Severe penalties for those responsible for incidents such as the recent dumping of dead animal carcases in the scenic Sliabh Beagh area of North Monaghan were urged by the members of the Monaghan Municipal District on Monday as they were presented with details of a new strategy being evolved at local authority level to deal with littering problems across Co Monaghan that were costing in excess of €1 million per year to address. The draft Litter Management Plan for 2021-2023 was presented to the meeting by Sharon Finnegan of Monaghan ...

Prof. Lorraine O’Driscoll (nee McElroy), Chair of Pharmacology and Biomedicine at Trinity College Dublin, from Annamartin, Smithborough, is being inducted into the Royal Irish Academy, Ireland’s leading body of experts in the sciences and humanities, on Friday 21st May. Membership is by election and is considered to be the highest academic honour in Ireland. The Royal Irish Academy has been honouring Ireland’s leading contributors to the world of learning since its establishment in 1785. Admittance to the Academy is a prestigious honour, and those elected are entitled to use the ...