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Colm Shalvey reports Can champions Clontibret complete great escape in relegation play-off? Amid the ongoing restrictions and after a final round of group games where the slimmest of margins sent some teams on separate paths towards the top end or the relegation shake-up, the Monaghan club football championships reach the knockout stages this weekend. The messy sideline scenes towards the end of the Latton v Carrickmacross game garnered the headlines on a weekend where there were many talking points across the grades, not least holders Clontibret losing their grip on the Mick ...

Catholic Bishop of Clogher Larry Duffy has announced the following diocesan appointments, to take effect from Friday September 4 2020: • Rt Rev Monsignor Richard Mohan PP, Clones to be PE Clones, residing at Aghadrumsee •Very Rev Peter Corrigan PP, Killeevan-Currin- Aghabog to be PE Killeevan- Currin-Aghabog • Very Rev John Halton PP, Tempo (Pobal) to be PE, Tempo (Pobal) • Rt Rev Monsignor Peter O’Reilly PP VG Enniskillen to also be PP Tempo (Pobal) •Very Rev Jim Moore PP, Fintona (Donacavey) to be PP Clones and also to be PP Kill..

CALLS FOR FURTHER EXAMINATION OF FUTURE ENERGY REQUIREMENTS AHEAD OF PLANNING DECISION Michael Fisher A Co. Armagh based campaign group campaigning against the pylons has called on the North’s Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon MLA of the SDLP to rethink proposals for what they claim is a ‘dangerous’ high voltage cross-border electricity connection. The €286 million North South interconnector, stretching across five counties between Woodland in Co. Meath and Turleenan in Co. Tyrone and Meath is planned by EirGrid to link the island’s two separate power grids to give Northern Ireland greater ...

The Emerging Preferred Route Corridor for both the Ardee-Castleblayney and Clontibret- Border N2 road schemes will go on public display from 6 pm on Monday August 24 next, it was confirmed this week. A six-week public consultation process, the third in relation to the schemes, will begin on Tuesday, August 25 and run for six weeks. “An Emerging Preferred Route Corridor is the route option that has been assessed to have the best combination of benefits and impacts based on the criteria to be considered for road transport projects,” Monaghan ...

FIVE FURTHER CASES IN COUNTY MONAGHAN IN A WEEK No Spectators Allowed at Sports Fixtures… But Different Rules Apply in the North INDOOR EVENTS LIMITED TO SIX PEOPLE Michael Fisher Gardaí are to be given new powers to enforce new Covid-19 restrictions around social gatherings, particularly in restaurants or bars serving food, and in private homes. The move is part of a range of new measures designed to suppress the virus in the country. The reintroduction of restrictions on gatherings both indoors and outdoors was announced by An Taoiseach Micheál Martin TD after ...

Patsy McArdle Four PSNI officers were injured on Monday last during a chase in which their police vehicle was rammed near the Castleblayney border in South Armagh. The incident happened at Jonesboro when the police vehicle was rammed by a Ford transit van. The police vehicle was rammed and a second one was struck and lifted off the ground by the silver-coloured Ford Transit van, according to a PSNI spokesperson. The incident occurred on Finnegan’s Road. The 31-year-old driver of the van was arrested on suspicion of several offences and ...

Nine people have been arrested by the PSNI as part of a cross-border investigation into the dissident republican group known as the New IRA. The seven men and two women, aged between 26 and 50, are being questioned at Musgrave Street police station in Belfast. As part of the operation, Gardaí carried out six searches in Dublin, Laois, Cork and Kerry. PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Barbara Gray said yesterday: “I can confirm that nine people were arrested on Tuesday under the Terrorism Act in connection with an ongoing investigation into ...

Monaghan Townsman Maurice Holland recounts a fascinating life spent working in the hospitality industry in the recently published memoir Just A Simple Innkeeper: The Journey of an Irish Hotelier. Mr Holland played a key organisational role in the 2000 Sydney Olympics and his account of this demanding undertaking figures prominently in the volume, which is available for purchase online at Amazon and other online retailers. But his life narrative also encompasses diverse other aspects of an exceptionally industrious life and career, a story that unfolds engagingly through captivating anecdotes and ...

Michael Fisher Sports presenter Gráinne McElwain is set to join Sky Sports GAA coverage this year. The Ballinode native is a familiar presence at Gaelic games across the channels in Ireland over the past fifteen years, carrying out pitchside analysis for RTÉ’s Sunday Game, BBC and TG4. The former secondary school teacher will take over presentation duties from Rachel Wyse, who will be on maternity leave for the rest of the year, while also cohosting the Sky’s GAA discussion show ‘Inside The Game’. Gráinne is excited at the prospect of ...

The HSE and Diabetes Ireland are urging Co Monaghan people with concerns about their diabetes to seek medical advice from their pharmacist, GP or hospital diabetes team and reassures them that diabetes services are resuming. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the diabetes community and diabetes healthcare providers have worked and adapted to support and empower people in self-managing their diabetes at home. Maintaining this selfmanagement will continue to improve quality of life and reduce the impact on health and the likelihood of complications. However, if someone has concerns, or is experiencing ...