Articles in the General News Category

Ryan Connolly, a furniture maker who established Connolly & Company in Emyvale in 2012, will be showcasing his designs at Generation, an exhibition of objects and textiles designed and created using inherited traditions of creativity and innovation. The exhibition, which will open at the National Design & Craft Gallery in Kilkenny on Thursday, 12 March, invites us to consider the unique perspective of a group of Irish-based designer-makers who are custodians of craft traditions, continuing and/or reinventing the work begun by previous generations of their families. Ryan said he aims ...

Gardaí have said that a file is being prepared for the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and investigations are continuing after they released without charge a man arrested in relation to the abduction and serious assault of Quinn Industrial Holdings Director Kevin Lunney. Three other persons arrested by the Police Service of Northern Ireland in relation to the incident have also been released without charge. Kevin Lunney made his first public appearance after his ordeal on Friday last at the official launch of a collaborative Business Insights Partnership ...

By PATSY McARDLE FARMERS on both sides of the Monaghan/Armagh border have been alerted this week by their counterparts, on the North Louth/South Armagh frontier, of a major new post-Brexit threat looming, which could result in some large-herd owners being forced to cull cattle and reduce the size of their herds, in an effort to eliminate entry to the Republic of brucellosis which, it is feared, would terminate Ireland’s allimportant brucellosis-free status. Evidence of the possible likelihood of such action has emerged, causing serious concern for a number of farmers ...

By Veronica Corr In a statement issued to the media this week, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine confirmed the identification of low pathogenic avian influenza of the H6N1 subtype in a commercial poultry flock in County Monaghan. The press release stated that this subtype of avian influenza is not a notifiable disease and had no known public health risk nor international trade implications. However, movement of poultry and poultry products onto and from the farm were subject to restriction whilst an investigation into the disease episode was ...

The Rt Revd John McDowell, Bishop of Clogher, has been elected by the House of Bishops as the new Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland. He succeeds Archbishop Richard Clarke who retired on 2nd February this year. Bishop McDowell (aged 64) was ordained in 1996 and has served as Bishop of Clogher since 2011. He was previously Rector of St Mark’s, Dundela, in East Belfast (2002-2011), Rector of Ballyrashane (1999-2002), and Curate of Antrim (1996- 1999). He has also served as an Honorary Secretary of the General Synod ...

Two important events will be taking place in St Macartan’s Cathedral, Clogher, to mark St Macartan’s Day on Tuesday 24th March. On Sunday 22nd March at 3:00pm, the Friends of Clogher Cathedral will host their 64th Friends’ Service and Annual Reunion in the Cathedral. The guest preacher is the Revd Dr Maurice Elliott, Director of the Church of Ireland Theological Institute. On Tuesday 24th March, the Feast Day of St Macartan, the Bishop of Clogher, the Right Revd John McDowell, will give a talk on Disestablishment of the Church of ...

The mythical Helen of Troy and earthy Sean McCaffrey are two personalities who it would be fair to say wouldn’t be a natural pairing in many settings- be it in person or a piece of writing. However, it was in the confines of the Garage Theatre in Monaghan Town last Tuesday night, on a stage which has hosted many a drama- tragic or otherwise- over the years where the two worlds of Greek tragedy and a Monaghan football manager collided to produce a evening where mental health, football journeys and ...

Fianna Fáil TD Niamh Smyth said this week that International Women’s Day on March 8 last was a reminder of how far women had come and how much more was needed to address gender inequality challenges. Speaking ahead of a Fianna Fáil event in Cork to mark the day, Deputy Smyth commented, “International Women’s Day gives us time to pause and assess what more needs to be done to address gender inequality and implement changes to allow women and girls to succeed and feel supported by their State. “As legislators ...

Significant public health events such as the current worldwide efforts to protect people from the Coronavirus almost inevitably spread a complementary infection in their wake, no matter how carefully they are managed. Fear and insecurity can easily invade the minds of individuals and communities, particularly, as has become the case in Ireland over the past week, precautions against the spread of Covid-19 begin to intrude upon one’s daily routine and events such as the annual St Patrick’s Day Parades get cancelled. As people’s living patterns, plans and habits get disrupted, ...

In the interests of public health and safety, the children’s charity Make-AWish Ireland, who grant wishes to children living with life threatening illnesses, have reluctantly made the decision to cancel their on-street collections, which were due to take place around the country, this Friday, March 13th. However, they are proceeding with a ‘Virtual Wish Day’ this Friday, where they are asking the public to donate through the Make-A-Wish website, www.makeawish.ie or by texting to donate Text MYWISH to 50300 to donate €4 to Make-A-Wish Ireland – Text costs €4. Make-A-Wish ...