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Monaghan Co Council has initiated a process of information gathering in relation to the new business park to be developed in the Annahagh area of Monaghan Town, Monday’s meeting of the local authority heard. Chief Executive Rob ert Burns told the meeting that the Council had started to see expressions of interest in relation to the Annahagh lands and this process would remain open until February 14. “We are trying to understand what the demand is for enterprise lands within the town,” Mr Burns stated. “Our vision is for a ...

Monaghan Co Council are planning to follow up on the success of last year’s promotional St Patrick’s Day visit to New York with a further trip Stateside this year to coincide with the celebrations of the National Apostle. Chief Executive Robert Burns told Monday’s meeting of the local authority that the executive were of the view that it would be positive for the Council to continue the tradition of making promotional visits abroad to coincide with the St Patrick’s Day celebrations that had seen a delegation travel to New York ...

While Co Monaghan escaped the heavy snowfalls that brought parts of the country to a standstill last weekend, the prolonged plunge in temperatures has created transport challenges and caused a degree of disruption over the past week. The county was coping with “the coldest winter for some time”, Chief Executive Robert Burns stated at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. Mr Burns said that since November 12 the local authority gritting crews had been out 36 times, and had carried out double salting operations on roads on a number of ...

By Veronica Corr Video Nasty is a comedy drama series produced by self-confessed “proud Tydavnet woman” Ailish McElmeel, co-founder of Dublin-based Deadpan Pictures, which last year celebrated its 10th birthday. Series one of the three, debuted on BBC One NI last night (Wednesday) and will air on BBC Three tonight, Thursday from 10pm with a the first two episodes. Virgin Media One will air one episode per week, starting on Monday, January 20th at 9pm. In line with the digital first approach, all six half- hour episodes will be on ...

Twenty-four tourism businesses from Ireland – including Castle Leslie Estate in Co Monaghan – have joined Tourism Ireland in Cannes this week, for the annual International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM). ILTM is an invitation-only event for the global luxury travel industry – attracting more than 1,850 influential luxury travel buyers and decision-makers who design unique, luxury travel itineraries for their high net-worth international clients, from around 90 different countries. Luxury travel editors and journalists from international publications are also in attendance. The four-day event – which takes place at the ...

Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris TD has led tributes from across the political spectrum to former Cavan/Monaghan TD Andrew Boylan, who passed away at Cavan General Hospital on Friday last, December 6. From Butlersbridge, Mr Boylan was elected a Fine Gael TD in the Cavan/Monaghan constituency in 1987 and served in Dáíl Éireann until 2002. Prior to his advent into local politics he had a distinguished career as a local public representative, and was a former Chairperson of both Cavan Co Council and Cavan Urban District Council. Born ...

Shane McGuirk from Aughnamullen carved himself a unique niche in the annals of Co Monaghan sporting achievement on Sunday when he became the first Irishman to win the WDF World Darts Championship. Known as The Arrow, the 29-year-old defeated veteran Paul Lin 6-3 in the final, which he had reached without dropping a set in any of the previous rounds. He had entered the competition unseeded. Shane surged to a four-set lead in the final but Lim fought back to make it 5-3 before The Arrow produced a nerveless 3-0 ...

By Veronica Corr At the November meeting of Monaghan County Council, Councillor Noel Keelan mentioned that people were sleeping in tents in fields and in cars around urban centres. At Monday’s meeting of Carrickmacross/Castleblayney Municipal District, Cathaoirleach PJ O’Hanlon said that he was “taken aback” at hearing that people were sleeping in Carrickmacross fields. He then referred to a detailed statement from the Housing Section with regard to homelessness in the county. Furthermore, Councillor O’Hanlon proposed that the Housing Section be invited into a meeting to discuss homelessness in County ...

A documentary on the death in Monaghan Town in March of Kelly Lynch from Co Down was screened on BBC Northern Ireland on Tuesday evening last. The Spotlight programme examined the case of the 23- year-old whose body was recovered from the Ulster Canal in the Mullaghmatt area on St Patrick’s Day, 30 hours after she disappeared. The last confirmed sighting of her was when she made her way home with some friends and her boyfriend in the early hours of Saturday, March 16. Kelly’s parents, Julieanne and Sean Lynch, ...

Clones was the place to be on Friday evening last, when Minister Heather Humphreys, who was dubbed the ‘Minister for Money’ in her twin giving portfolios of Rural and Community Development and Social Protection, turned on the town’s Christmas lights. And for the season that’s in it, she joined forces with Santa, who traditionally comes bearing gifts! This year, Father Christmas traded in his sleigh for a boat and sailed into Clones Marina, making quite the entrance indeed! Minister Humphreys was in Clones to turn on the lights at the ...