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This running programme is suitable for complete beginners, improvers and those who would like to join a running club. This paced programme will continue for 7 weeks, preparing you to run/walk your first official 5k at our annual Crocus run on Tuesday 17th March in Monaghan town. If you ever wanted to run a 5k, this programme is for you!!! Start date: Tuesday 28th January 2020 Session times: Tuesdays & Thursdays 6.35pm Venue: Tuesdays -Louis girls school (behind Applegreen) Thursdays- St Davnets lower carpark Cost: €25 to cover AI membership ...

Council Cathaoirleach says proposed event is insensitive Michael Fisher Monaghan County Council Cathaoirleach Cllr Seamus Coyle has said a proposed national commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary at Dublin Castle later this month is insensitive. Speaking yesterday after the Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan TD announced that an event planned for next week had been deferred, Cllr Coyle said he would not have accepted the official invitation to attend. Instead he said he would be taking part in an engagement in Clones on Friday week to welcome the Dutch ambassador. Sinn ...

By Veronica Corr “Monaghan County Council calls on the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Katherine Zappone TD, the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure, Paschal Donohoe TD, and the Insurance Reform Minister, Michael D’Arcy TD, to engage with all insurance providers in this State, and throughout the EU, to find those willing to cover insurance for childcare providers. In the absence of an insurer willing to enter the market specifically for childcare/creche facilities, we call on Government to legislate for a State-run insurer to offer cover for the vital ...

The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD, has announced details of a special €28 million economic stimulus package for the Border region. The package, which applies to counties Donegal, Sligo, Leitrim, Cavan, Monaghan and Louth, is designed to drive economic activity in the region and ensure that businesses have additional support in mitigating the impact of Brexit. Announcing details of the stimulus package, Minister Humphreys said: “All of the research shows that the Border region is most exposed to the impact of Brexit. I want to ensure ...

Michael Fisher The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, has announced €578,000 for the development of a Digital Hub in Monaghan town. It will involve a major extension of the M:Tek 1 building at Knockaconny to provide a digital hub, remote working and co-working office space for companies with a digital focus. Targeted at clustering tech and digital companies, the ambition is not only to attract outside investment into Monaghan, but act as a launch pad for new innovative start-ups in the community. Announcing the funding yesterday, Minister ...

Michael Fisher Work on the new bridge over the River Blackwater beside Lakeland Dairies at Coolshannagh in Monaghan is progressing ahead of programme despite high river levels and it should be open by the end of March. Monaghan County Council’s January meeting was informed that installation of the bridge arches was completed on 22nd November. Depending on the weather, it is anticipated that the bridge rehabilitation programme will be completed between April and the end of June. Accommodation works to allow access at St Macartan’s College and Lakeland are continuing. Construction ...

TWO men were arrested in Co,. Monaghan after a mini -bus was stolen at Dublin airport with three passengers on board. The vehicle was driven to the M1 shortly before 1am yesterday (Wed) morning. The passengers were allowed to leave the bus unharmed a short time later near Julianstown. The bus continued up the M1, where it is believed it rammed a Garda patrol car before it crossed the border. The PSNI were alerted and the bus was later found in a car-park in Crossmaglen. A Police car was rammed ...

Government Must Stop Blaming Doctors: Gallagher Michael Fisher The Minister for Health Simon Harris TD has said almost 200 additional hospital beds will be available by the end of the month, as figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation show the level of hospital overcrowding has reached a record level. The Minister acknowledged that this week would be very demanding and challenging for the health service, but he believed flu levels had peaked. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said there were 760 patients waiting for admission to a bed on ...

A former British soldier is to stand trial accused of manslaughter over the killing of Aidan McAnespie at a border checkpoint in Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone, in February 1988. 23 year-old Mr McAnespie, who worked at the time at Monaghan Poultry Products, had been walking past the army sangar (watchtower) on his way to a GAA match at Aghaloo O’Neills GFC when he was hit by one of three bullets fired from a heavy machine gun. David Jonathan Holden, a former Grenadier Guardsman, was 18 at the time of the shooting. ...

Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Arts, Culture and Heritage and Cavan-Monaghan TD, Niamh Smyth, has expressed a number of reservations in relation to an application for a prospecting licence by Great Glen Resources Ltd for a number of townlands in Co. Cavan. Deputy Smyth, who attend a public meeting organised by ‘Redhills Action Against Mining’ in Killoughter Hall this week, said it was important that the Minister take account of the local concerns which have been well documented. She has also written to Minister Bruton to outline her disappointment that the ...