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Students from Ballybay Community College and the Patrician High School in Carrickmacross have received national recognition for their entrepreneurial abilities. They were winners at the Student Enterprise Programme National Finals in Croke Park last week. Ballybay Community College students Ferne Duffy, Tess Mc- Fadden and Mary-Kate Black, working under the guidance of teacher Eimear Harvey, won in the Junior category for Sofatop, which its conceivers describe as “a flexible and stylish tray, enabling you to curl up on the sofa and enjoy your cup of tea, safe in the knowledge ...

Last month Tusla’s PPFS Parent Support Champions for Monaghan, in partnership with CYPSC (Children and Young Person’s Services Committee), conducted a survey with parents on how they were managing during the Covid-19 pandemic focusing on their own wellbeing, challenges in parenting during this time, and how they access support now and going forward. The results of the survey noted that parents will seek support primarily from their partners followed by relatives and friends. In terms of the selfcare of parents they stated that they did have some time for their ...

Hotel and guesthouse owners in Co Monaghan and across the country are calling on the Government to introduce measures that will tackle the catastrophic crisis facing many businesses due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Ross Mealiff, who is Chair of the Mourne, Boyne and Lakes branch of the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF), this week acknowledged” the great progress being made by the Government, the Chief Medical Officer, health professionals and society in general in suppressing the disease.” He said that it was now time to address the need for people to ...

COMMENT The sense of our country and our communities emerging from the enforced hibernation of social distancing and stay-at-home practices deemed necessary to curb the spread of the Coronavirus will accentuate on Monday next if, as widely expected, the Government okays the move to the next phase of its recovery roadmap. Already, the return of some freedoms of movement and association, and the recommencement of economic activity in some spheres, is inducing a widespread sense that the worst might have passed. Inevitably this is tempered by a wariness that even the ...

Call out for business to donate masks and gloves as users hit by COVD-19 restrictions Irish Rural Link is leading an appeal to ensure Ireland’s Meals on Wheels volunteers have masks and gloves to wear and protect the people they help across the country. This basic level of PPE is vital to ensuring the service is maintained as Ireland travels along the road out of Coronavirus restrictions. For this new appeal, driven by Cork consultancy firm 3SIXTY, businesses stocking up on PPE for workers are being asked to order a little ...

The development work at the Emy Lake Walkway is almost completed but the Walkway opened again for the public on Sunday morning, May 25th. There have been many words of compliment issued by users, who are very happy with the developments and expressed their thanks to the Donagh Development Association Committee. The work was carried out by Wattersons and they must also be complimented for the quality of their work and the speed with which they completed the job. The Entrance at the Car Park has a new look with ...

PROGRAMME FOR GOVERNMENT MUST COMMIT TO UNDERGROUNDING THE PROJECT:COUNCIL CHAIR Michael Fisher The controversial North South interconnector is firmly back on the agenda on both sides of the border. Using the opportunity presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, senior EirGrid executives have been quietly progressing their plans for the high voltage overhead electricity line across five counties, supported by a string of over 400 pylons. In Belfast yesterday Jo Aston, the Managing Director of SONI, a subsidiary of EirGrid, told (by conference call) the Northern Ireland Assembly’s Economy Committee chaired by a ...

121 of the 1,030 deaths in ireland associated with outbreaks of covid-19 in long-term care residential facilities for older persons occurred in facilities in cHo or community Health care organisation 1 which covers counties monaghan, cavan, donegal, leitrim and Sligo, the HSE has confirmed. Twenty Covid-19 deaths took place in three HSE facilities in the CHO area: Virginia Community Nursing Unit in Co Cavan, The Rock Community Nursing Unit in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal and Co Donegal’s Killybegs Community Hospital. The HSE offered deepest sympathies to the families and friends of ...

LIBRARY NEWS Since launching the new library home delivery service to those Cocooning or in Self Isolation the 5th of May, our library staff have been busy putting together and delivering over 130 book parcels to the doorsteps of those who requested them. This service is available to adults, both members and non-members who find themselves cocooning or in self-isolation for any reason. Simply contact Clones Library (047 74712), Monaghan Library (047 81830) or Carrickmacross Library (042 9661148) to place your request. We are covering the whole of the County from ...

Oram native at the helm on RTE Sport Colm Shalvey reports Monaghan man Declan McBennett has clocked up two years as head of sport at RTÉ, among over two decades at the national broadcaster, but even all that experience won’t have prepared him for the unique challenges posed by a 2020 sporting calendar left in disarray by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a wide-ranging chat, McBennett recognised the challenging landscape, while keeping things very much in context: “It has been difficult as there has been no sport, but it pales into insignificance when ...