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15-2 VOTE GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO PROJECT The building by Monaghan Co Council of new civic offices at Rooskey in Monaghan Town will not result in a “trophy building” but a functional and modern structure that would be fit for purpose for the next 50 years, the local authority’s Chief Executive Eamonn O’- Sullivan stated on Monday. Mr O’Sullivan was speaking at a special meeting convened in Monaghan’s Garage Theatre at which the elected Council members voted 15-2 to effectively green-light the civic offices project, which is scheduled to begin construction ...

Michael Fisher Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced over €4.5 million for two landmark projects in County Monaghan. The funding, which is being provided under the €1 billion Rural Regeneration and Development Fund, will support the key objectives of ‘Our Rural Future’ – the government’s ambitious new policy for Rural Ireland. SECOND ENTERPRISE BUILDING FOR CARRICKMACROSS Over €3.1 million is to be invested in delivering the C-Tek II co-working enterprise hub in Carrickmacross. this major project involves the delivery of a new 1,450 squared enterprise ...

But Chief Executive will meet anti-pylon campaigners over north south interconnector Michael Fisher EirGrid boss Mark Foley has said there is no viable alternative to constructing the planned North South interconnector as an overhead high voltage line with 400 pylons. Speaking to Monaghan Councillors after making an online presentation about the company’s future plans for the grid to meet targets for renewable energy, he spelt out the reasons why an underground cable would not be possible because of the length involved. He also explained that the interconnector running from Meath through ...

A motorcyclist from Co Donegal sustained fatal injuries when his vehicle struck a roundabout in the Castleblayney area on Saturday afternoon last. Patrick McKinley, from Letterkenny, who was in his 40s, died after his motorcycle collided with the Drumcrew roundabout at the junction of the N2 and N52 near Tullyvin at around 5.10 pm. Mr McGinley was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda for a post mortem examination. The road was closed for a period to facilitate a Garda ...

A new distribution centre has been launched in Cootehill which has set the target of facilitating a million parcel deliveries across Monaghan and Cavan this year. Cavan/Monaghan TD and Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys performed the official opening of the DPD Ireland facility on Monday. The new 15,000 sq ft development will combine the services delivered from the company’s former locations in Cavan and Monaghan. DPD said it had experienced a huge increase in demand for its services during the Covid-19 pandemic. Minister Humphreys said the development ...

Wistfully nostalgic recollections of the period of time when local authority road workers proliferated across North Monaghan and could give close and consistent attention to ensuring the proper drainage of local roads were heard at Monday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District. A debate on the need to keep water off the surface of rural roads to prevent their structure deteriorating provided some insightful contrasts between local government employment levels of the 1980s and the modern era, and how approaches to road maintenance had consequently altered over time. The issue ...

Chief Executive Insists an Overhead Line is the Only Alternative Michael Fisher EirGrid boss Mark Foley has agreed to meet next week with representatives of antipylon groups from Monaghan, Cavan and Meath to discuss the North South interconnector plans. However after a ninety minute interaction online with Monaghan Councillors, the company’s Chief Executive insisted that there is no viable alternative to constructing the project except as an overhead high voltage alternating current line with 400 pylons. Mr Foley and another executive Michael Mahon initially spoke about the company’s future plans for ...

NATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE SET TO START ON MAY 8/9 Colm Shalvey reports With the long-delayed 2021 intercounty GAA fixtures being released by drip feed, but yet to be confirmed by Croke Park, attention this week turned to the various championship draws. The provisional Allianz National Football League fixtures have Monaghan due to host Armagh on May 15, but if, as expected, the county loses home advantage for one game for last month’s breach of the training ban, that will have to be played at an alternative venue. Monaghan are set to be ...

Monaghan GAA has suspended senior football manager Seamus McEnaney for 12 weeks in the wake of revelations on Thursday last that the Monaghan team held a training session at Corduff in March in breach of Covid- 19 guidelines. It was reported that the Department of Justice had received an anonymous communication in relation to the training session and was supplied with footage allegedly showing players breaching Covid restrictions by taking part in collective training. The Gardaí confirmed that they were carrying out an investigation into the matter. A statement from ...

Michael Fisher Landowners, farmers and residents throughout Monaghan, Cavan and Meath are “up in arms” according to an antipylon group about the way EirGrid has plugged in its plans for the North South interconnector during the year-long pandemic, as reported exclusively by this paper last week. The major infrastructure project involves an overhead high voltage electricity line with 300 pylons in the three counties and 100 more north of the border in Co. Armagh and a small part of Tyrone at Turleenan near The Moy. The public’s anger over the ...