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Sight loss won’t stop Lough Egish brothers supporting from supporting free regional counselling centre By Veronica Corr The Ward brothers from Lough Egish launched a fundraising drive in January, which involved running 300 kilometres. What is so interesting about this is that two of the three brothers who are undertaking this fitness challenge have experienced lifealtering sight loss, but the fundraiser is for SOSAD, not a sight loss charity, as one might expect. Breandán Ward was very open about having sought counselling with SOSAD because he found his sight loss hard ...

Monaghan Co Council delivered an apology on Monday to those who might have endured suffering and mistreatment in mother and baby facilities in Co Monaghan that in the past came within the responsibility of the local authority to provide and oversee. The apology came in a statement read by Cathaoirleach, Councillor Colm Carthy of Sinn Féin, at the commencement of the February meeting of the Council, which was held online in adherence to Covid-19 restrictions. Monaghan Co Council, as a public assistance authority, had responsibility for unmarried mothers and their ...

The preferred route corridors for the major road developments on the N2 from Clontibret to the Border and Ardee to Castleblayney were confirmed on Tuesday last. The extensive public consultation process that preceded the confirmation of the routes did not result in any changes to the proposals that were presented to the public during consultation, consulting engineers Jacobs and Monaghan Co Council stated. “Following review and consideration of the submissions and feedback received, it was determined that there was no new and/or additional information of enough significance to necessitate an ...

The HSE said this week that work is to start on the provision of the Monaghan Primary Care Centre at the St Davnet’s Complex in Rooskey at the end of this month. Planning permission for the development was granted by Monaghan Co Council last year. The project was initially to proceed at the Monaghan General Hospital site but capacity difficulties at the location forced the HSE to abandon the plans. Instead the former Blackwater House unit at the St Davnet’s Complex is to be refurbished to accommodate the centre, which ...

Funding of €600,000 provided to the HSE’s Disability Services will be used to bring about the opening of the Bothar Oirialla Group Home in Carrickmacross later this year, the members of Monaghan Co Council were informed on Monday. Correspondence forwarded to the Council from Cavan/Monaghan Fianna Fáil Senator Robbie Gallagher from the HSE indicated that Disability Services in the CHO or Community Healthcare Organisation 1 region, which includes Co Monaghan, would be “progressing the necessary requirements and arrangements to have the Bothar Oirialla Group Home operational in the latter half ...

A Sinn Féin motion calling on the British Government to set a date for a referendum on Irish unity was carried at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council following an intense debate in which speakers from the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael parties cautioned strongly that the time was not right for such a move. Although the current Government partners did not have the combined numbers present at the meeting to defeat the motion when a vote on it was taken, their representatives objected forcefully to the proposal’s timing. Fine ...

Dr Rory Sheehan, left and Paul Sherlock from the CANN Project, with one of the lead drainblocks that have been constructed to help re-wet the blanket bog in the Sliabh Beagh SAC before their live broadcast from the Sliabh Beagh SAC on World Wetlands Day that was held on Tuesday last week. Rory spoke about the CANN project that is ongoing in the area and how they are re-wetting the blanket bog by drain blocking. He also spoke about the wildlife and plant life on the blanket bog as well ...

Colm Shalvey reports Lough Egish brothers Ciarán, Tony and Breandán Ward have raised more than €16,000 to date for SOSAD Ireland and have extended their lockdown challenge into February. Having already more than doubled their initial target of 300km on their daily runs at Aughnamullen GAA complex walking track, the Wards have now set a new goal of 1,000km. Their JustGiving page has received donations of over €16,000 in aid of Irish suicide-prevention and bereavement support charity SOSAD, who have announced that they will be setting up a branch in Monaghan ...

“Never have words held so much power.” JACK MADDEN meditates on the ceaseless and often damning social media commentary that is part of life for the modern sportsperson They have reached the pinnacle. They have worked and they have fought to reach the summit, the peak of their game. For years, they stood atop of the sporting mountain untouched, after engineering their own podium. Now Tim Berners- Lee, Mark Zuckerburg and others have inadvertently built a cable car. A path to the top, where effort is not required. A golden ticket ...

Michael Fisher County Monaghan for the past fortnight has remained top of the list for the number of positive Covid-19 cases per 100,000 population in the Republic over a two weeks period. This has led to another joint appeal from the HSE Public Health North East, An Garda Síochána, and Monaghan County Council, who have urged the public to stay at home and protect local communities. Their statement is as follows: “The Department of Public Health North East, An Garda Síochána, Cavan and Monaghan County Council are appealing to the ...