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“There is no reason why any business in our region can’t take on the world,” stated Chief Executive John Shaw yesterday (Wednesday) during the online launch of the North-East Digital Innovation Hub project, a new dedicated facility based in Monaghan Town which will assist enterprises across the region in applying emerging technologies in areas such as Artificial Intelligence and robotics and maximising the potential of their data resources. Around 150 representatives of north-east businesses signed in to listen to presentations on the theme of “Helping Your Enterprise Win with Data”. ...

Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD has today (Thursday) announced almost €464,000 in funding for outdoor projects in Monaghan. In a major investment in outdoor amenities in the county, some €200,000 will be spent on the Ballybay trail networks. A further €200,000 will be invested in the Dromore Greenway and almost €64,000 will be spent on the Lough na Glack to Ardee Road Walking Trail in Carrickmacross. The total spend is part of a €6.5 million investment nationwide under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme, which is run ...

After 41 years working with McAree Engineering, their V-Mac Sales Manager, Eamon McMeel has retired to focus on his own family farm enterprise. The McMeel family have a large broiler breeding unit enterprise and supply Carton Bros who produce the popular Manor Farm chicken brand. It is one of the oldest family companies in the country and dates back to 1775. Eamon has worked in every area of the V-Mac silo business and has been a familiar face on the company’s stands at trade shows across Britain and Ireland. All ...

Conroy Gold and Natural Resources announced this week that it is pursuing a joint venture with Turkish mining company Demir to develop its gold exploration project in the Border region, including its prospect at Clontibret in Co Monaghan. Conroy said it had signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture with Demir Export, which had agreed to pay €9 million in two tranches to finance the first two phases of development of the 65- kilometre gold prospecting corridor at the Longford-Down Massif. Chairman Professor Richard Conway stated: ”Demir ...

Colm Shalvey reports Togoville’s record at the venue for owner Patrick McCann, trainer Anthony McCann and jockey Conor McGovern. Having made it a ‘lucky 13’ wins at Dundalk Stadium the previous week, 11-year-old Togoville added to that list by holding off nearest challengers Jered Maddox and Oh Purple Reign in the ‘Join Us On Instagram @dundalk_stadium’ Handicap last Friday. It made for another successful evening at Ireland’s only all-weather racecourse for trainer Anthony McCann of Shabra fame and Clones jockey Conor McGovern, who guided the 4/1 joint-favourite to a third win ...

To a mundy backing track, JACK MADDEN runs the rule over decisions taken at the 2021 GAA Congress and finds “some necessary, some strange and some in-between” … GAA Congress 2021. It is that time of year again. This time Larry McCarthy of Cork was announced as President of our 137-year-old association. His appointment coincided with the sudden appearance of experts nationwide, the commencement of debate from Derry to Kerry. Here we go again. The rolling stone of the GAA gathers no moss. For all its faults, 2020 gave us space ...

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Michael Fisher The Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys TD says she hopes Ulster Bank will clarify its position soon amidst reports that it is to withdraw from the Irish market. The bank is a subsidiary of the NatWest group in the UK, which is due to publish annual results tomorrow. It’s thought this announcement might include clarification of its intentions for the future of Ulster Bank, which would lead to the closure of its branch network in the Republic including the facility at Church Square in Monaghan town. Minister ...

Michael Fisher As Monaghan continues to top the list as the county with the highest incidence rate of Covid-19 per 100,000 of population over a fourteen day timescale, the Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys has said she hopes the country can begin to get back to normal from July or August. Speaking on the Joe Finnegan Show on Northern Sound yesterday, she said the latest Covid vaccine developed by the pharmaceutical giant Johnson and Johnson, which is under review by the European Medicines Agency, is a “gamechanger”. She said ...