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Using the network of community text alert schemes in Co Monaghan to enhance road safety measures was advocated by Independent member of Monaghan Co Council Hugh McElvaney when the Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee met on Tuesday last. Councillor McElvaney called for the text alert service in place to be extended to encompass road safety and be used to alert the Gardaí about instances of dangerous driving or other motoring offences that people observed on the roads of their areas. Referring to crime statistics put before the meeting by the ...

Peter Hughes Gardaí in Monaghan were praised at Tuesday’s meeting of Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee for the support and information they provided to victims of domestic violence incidents. Community JPC representative Siobhán McKenna, Manager of Monaghan’s Tearmann Domestic Violence Services, welcomed statistics presented to the meeting which indicated that there had been an increase in the number of reports of domestic violence to the Gardaí. She said that Tearmann had been trying to raise awareness around this issue and around the new offence of coercive control. “The Gardaí are ...

Irish Water, working in partnership with Monaghan Co Council, has completed the upgrade of the Castleblayney wastewater treatment plant in a €6 million modernisation project. The plant was originally constructed in the 1980s. An Irish Water media release stated: “The mechanical and electrical equipment had exceeded its operational life and required an upgrade. These works will ensure that the wastewater treatment plant is fully compliant with EU Urban Wastewater Directives and will bring environmental benefits to the area as well as providing the capacity for future growth. “EPS Group carried ...

Six Route Options for the Ardee to Castleblayney Scheme The newly formed N2 Ardee to Castleblayney Concerned Residents Group are urging people in the south Monaghan and north Louth region to make a submission to consultation led by Monaghan County Council on the new road and upgrade proposals, which form Ardee to Castleblayney N2 scheme. Monaghan County Council in partnership with Louth County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) are developing the project in order to upgrade a 32km section of the N2/A5 Dublin to Derry Road. “Some of the proposed ...

By Patsy McArdle ResidentS in the South Armagh town of Crossmaglen were saddened by the death last weekend of the wife of a man who vanished nearly a half-century ago and was described as one of ‘the disappeared’. Mrs Kathleen Armstrong of Crossmaglen, who was in her late eighties, had hoped to establish what happened to her husband, Charlie, who was never seen again after leaving his home for Sunday mass, at St. Patrick’s Church, Crossmaglen, in 1975. It was generally believed in the area at the time that Mr. ...

Cavan Monaghan Dáil deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin last week hosted a special appearance before the Oireachtas Justice and Equality Committee by Emma deSouza, the young Derry woman who has been forced to recourse to the courts in an effort to affirm her Irish citizenship and to challenge the British authorities who claim that people born in the north of Ireland are British, irrespective of how they view themselves and despite the fact that the Good Friday agreement states that people born in the north of Ireland can identify and be ...

Peter Hughes The members of Monaghan Co Council agreed at their December meeting to make contact with Waterways Ireland to ensure momentum was maintained in the delivery of the ulster Canal project. Sinn Féin councillor Pat Treanor said the Council had not heard from Waterways Ireland in relation to the project for a while. He proposed that they be invited to make a presentation to a future Council meeting on how the project was developing and if there was any more assistance the local authority could give them to move ...

The 2019 Northern Standard Monaghan GAA Award winners were announced at last Thursday night’s County Convention in the Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan Town. County full-back Conor Boyle (CIRCLED) has been named as Senior Footballer of the Year after his impressive form as Clontibret regained the SFC title, with his Monaghan team-mate Dessie Ward from Ballybay being selected as Young Footballer of the Year. Gavin Doogan, who recently retired from the county scene days after helping lead Magheracloone to an Ulster Club IFC title, is the Intermediate winner, while the Junior ...

Francis Ward officially steps down as GAA County Board Secretary Francis Ward paid tribute to his fellow Monaghan GAA County Board officers as he stepped down as County Secretary after three years at last Thursday night’s County Convention in the Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan Town. In his annual report, Ward said “A word of recognition for my fellow members on the Management Committee for their commitment to their respective roles. By the same token I appreciate the guidance of our Cathaoirleach, Michael Owen McMahon, who has shown great leadership and continued ...

While the deadline for the receipt of public submissions on the major national road scheme to take place on the N2 from Ardee to Castleblayney will not be further officially extended, a lenient attitude will be taken towards the acceptance of submissions received in the weeks following the deadline, it was stated at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. The compromise position was reached after adjournment of discussion of an urgent business motion put forward by Fianna Fáil councillor Aoife McCooey and Aidan Campbell of Fine Gael. This requested Monaghan ...