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Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation (@EnterInnov) tweeted at 3:09 p.m. on Wed, Apr 08, 2020: Minister @HHumphreysFG has announced a major expansion of supports for all businesses impacted by #COVID19. Minister Humphreys said: “This package is a significant step-up in the supports available for all businesses in all sectors at this very difficult time.” #COVID19Ireland https://t.co/te9Up6CrmR (https://twitter.com/EnterInnov/status/1247889426677547009?s=03) Get the official Twitter app at https://twitter.com/download?s=13 Michael Fisher

By Veronica Corr The 50th Irish Dancing World Championships were due to take place in Dublin’s Convention Centre this week, so this reporter caught up with a former colleague, Blathnaid McCaul, who is one of three siblings who run Scoil Rince Clann McCaul. Her co-founders are sisters Sorcha and Maria. Being the 50th anniversary of the event, huge celebrations were planned around the 2020 competition. The championships themselves, have now be cancelled and will resume in 2021 due to the global Coronavirus pandemic. There was a lavish ...

Look what I discovered in my flower basket …a clocking Duck with 12 eggs Tydavnet, Co Monaghan

Michael Fisher There has been a steady increase in the number of recorded Covid-19 cases in Co. Monaghan in the past fortnight. The official figures show that from midnight on March 31st when there were 17 cases, the number had risen to 62 by midnight on Monday April 6th. The first recorded case was on March 20th. One of the reasons the cases have increased is because the level of testing has also gone up, in community testing stations such as the Cloghan GAA centre near Castleblayney. The HSE has stressed ...

If we can agree that the individual personality or even spirit shapes the community, society, country or even the world in which they live rather than the other way round Larry McCluskey, then, was a formidable force and influence not only on the community in which he lived but more generally on those who knew him even if only briefly. As a school teacher he helped shape young minds. And prepare them in the best possible way through education to make their own unique ...

Families throughout the country are adapting to changes in daily life caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents and other caregivers are faced with helping their families adjust to the new normal. This includes trying to keep children and young people occupied, feeling safe, and attempting to keep up with schoolwork as best as possible. None of this easy, but it helps to stay focused on what is possible in order to reinforce a sense of control and to reassure children that they are okay, and that the situation will get ...

Tusla Chef Cooking for Families in Aftercare Chef Stephan from Tusla’s Child Wellbeing Centre in Monaghan has been cooking meals for children, young people and families in aftercare during this difficult time of the coronavirus emergency. Like many around the country, Stephan has risen to the challenge when the community needed him. https://t.co/nZW4g1GyYE (https://twitter.com/tusla/status/1247429150375211008?s=03)

Michael Fisher Gardaí were given new powers this week to curtail the movement of people owing to slippage in complying with a requirement that everyone bar essential workers remains within 2km of home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Checkpoints and patrols were stepped up around the main towns in Co. Monaghan. Two weeks ago, President Higgins signed the Health Preservation, Protection and Other Emergency Measures Act. It imposed restrictions on movement and a prohibition on events and gatherings, and Gardaí now have the power to enforce the law. The regulations signed ...

Michael Fisher A Monaghan expert on viral infections has welcomed the cross-border understanding reached by health officials on both sides of the border for dealing with coronavirus. RCSI Professor of International Health and Tropical Medicine Sam McConkey, who hails from Killeevan near Clones, said the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the two Ministers of Health on Tuesday was “fantastic” news. He described it as a gradual step in coming together and building further co-operation. Interviewed by Ivan Yates on Virgin Media’s Tonight Show, Professor McConkey said it would bring joined up ...

Monaghan Collegiate School is among those playing a part in helping those on the front line in the fight against coronavirus. Last week they sent a special delivery to a Cavan General Hospital containing hand sanitiser, goggles, gloves, antibacterial wipes and cleaning products from the stores of the school. In an added touch of generosity they included a selection of Easter eggs for the children’s ward. #inthistogether Photo: Special delivery from Monaghan Collegiate School to Cavan General Hospital