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Cllr Colm Carthy, Cathaoirleach of Monaghan County Council, with members of the Monaghan Disability Network, when he met with them to raise awareness of the annual Make Way Day, which is being held on Friday 25th September. Make Way day is a day when groups such as the Monaghan Disability Network highlight some of the obstacles that face on a daily basis on footpaths and roadways around our towns and villages. Included with Colm are representatives of the group, from Clones Cairde, MISE, National Learning Network and Paintability. ©Rory Geary/The ...

€148,000 has been allocated to nine organisations in co monaghan under the covid- 19 Stability Fund. The Dormant Account funding is designed to support community and voluntary organisations, charities and social enterprises that are experiencing financial difficulty as a result of the pandemic. Once-off cash injections of between €2,000 and €200,000 are being awarded to qualifying organisations that provide critical services to those most vulnerable in society. This will help with short term cash flow issues caused by the Covid-19 crisis. These organisations provide services in a diverse range of ...

A motion was passed in the Stormont assembly on Tuesday evening rejecting the internal market Bill currently going through the legislative process at Westminster which would give the UK Government power to override aspects of the Withdrawal agreement on Britain’s departure from the EU, including elements of the Northern ireland Protocol. The SDLP-proposed motion was supported by Sinn Féin, the Alliance Party and the Green Party but opposed by the DUP and Ulster Unionists. The motion asked the Northern Ireland Assembly to recognise that “a trade deal between the United ...

an application to access “significant funding” for the development of the Sliabh Beagh area and the implementation of the master plan prepared for the location was currently in train, councillor cathy Bennett was informed at monday’s meeting of the monaghan municipal district. An update on improvements planned for the Sliabh Beagh area was sought in a written question from Councillor Bennett dealt with at the meeting. She asked if Monaghan Co Council had any additional plans to help promote tourism in the area and if the Sliabh Beagh master plan…

Coillte is encouraging people in Co Monaghan to participate in National Walking Day on Sunday, September 27 by visiting one of their local Coillte forests. A media release stated: National Walking Day aims to inspire people to get out and walk in their local areas due to the great physical and mental wellbeing benefits of walking. It is an initiative by Get Ireland Walking, supported by Sport Ireland and takes place as part of the European…

The reopening of pubs in Co Monaghan on Monday last was greeted enthusiastically by both the practitioners of the licensed trade and regular clientele who had been deprived of an important social outlet due to the Covid-19 restrictions imposed on the operation of the sector over the preceding six months. The normally quiet…

Co Monaghan participants in the VHI Women’s Mini- Marathon later this year have been asked to consider running to raise funds for the bereavement support organisation Anam Cara. A media release stated: Her year may have begun with the rumba but for TV personality Mary Kennedy her training is now focused on completing the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon later in the year. For the first time in the history of the event, Mna na hEireann are being asked to take part in the “10km, Your Way”. This year is a ...

Cllr Pat Treanor, laying a wreath last weekend on the grave of IRA member Owen Keenan, Corcaghan. Sunday 20th September, was 100 years from the date in 1920 that Owen Keenan died after being fatally wounded on the general raid for arms in August 1920 in which fellow Monaghan volunteers Barney Marron, Patrick McKenna and Peter O’Reilly also lost their lives.

No club team would have wanted to face BLUES in Ulster this year John Graham reports Scotstown are back as senior champions of Monaghan, after an absence of just one year following what in the end was a comfortable victory over Ballybay in Clones on Sunday last. Scotstown were playing in their eighth County final in a row and from the previous seven finals, they had won five senior football championship titles between 2013 and 2019, being victorious in 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017 and completing a four in a row in 2018, ...

Emotional scenes as teams make history in the middle of a coronavirus crisis Colm Shalvey reports In a year like no other, Scotstown, Monaghan Harps and Aughnamullen will have some cause to remember at least part of 2020 fondly after lifting county titles in an action-packed weekend that brought a condensed club campaign to an end. Scotstown won their fifth Greenfield Foods SFC title in six years when they pulled away decisively from Ballybay in the second half in Clones on Sunday. Scotstown have held the Indian sign over Ballybay in big ...