Articles in the General News Category

The series of calls for urgent action to resolve flooding issues in Monaghan Town and other parts of the county and address the threat to overhead powerlines from roadside trees made at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council articulated concerns being voiced across the county in the aftermath of the visitation of the severe weather event Storm Amy on Friday last. The Council members and executive also echoed the wider public disaffection with the belated severe weather warnings for Co Monaghan issued by Met Éireann which left the county largely ...

“It’s shockingly early to have Christmas fare in the supermarket aisles already,” declared Aontú Senator for Cavan/Monaghan Sarah O’Reilly this week. Senator O’Reilly has called on local retailers to refrain from marketing Christmas goods until the advent of December, stating that the early appearance of festive fare on the shelves was piling further economic pressure on hard- pressed families. “I was doing the shopping recently and the shelves were stacked high with mince pies and Christmas puddings, and much as I love them, I don’t want to see them yet,” ...

News of the death yesterday, Wednesday morning at Cavan General Hospital of former Monaghan Co Council member Hugh McElvaney sent a wave of sadness emanating from his beloved Corcaghan bailiwick across Co Monaghan and much further beyond. A Co Councillor from 1974 until 2024, first for Fine Gael and latterly in Independent livery, Hughie’s half-century of service as a local public representative encompassed enough conquest, colour, controversy and campaigning to fill the entire column inches of this newspaper. In the limited time and space available to us this week, it ...

By Veronica Corr News broke during Monday morning’s meeting of Carrickmacross/ Castleblayney Municipal District (MD), when Fianna Fáil Councillor PJ O’Hanlon excitedly announced that he had just received a message from Adrian O’Higgins, Special Adviser to the Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan, confirming that the CCTV scheme for Carrickmacross had been approved by the new Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly, who took up the role on September 1st, 2025. In welcoming the development and commending the new Garda Commissioner, Councillor Noel Keelan observed that there had been no engagement from his ...

PETER HUGHES They came like moths to the flame to Monday’s special meeting of Monaghan Co Council, ten aspirants for a local authority nomination to take part in the election of a new President of Ireland on October 24. Drawn by the allure of the highest office in the land and with a multitude of plans and dreams in their manifestos, the ten received a full and attentive audience from the local authority elected members but none were allowed to have their wings touch the desired flame, with 15 of ...

A new joint framework to address legacy issues arising from the Northern Ireland Troubles was unveiled by the British and Irish Governments on Friday. Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris said the new proposals were “a night and day improvement” on the controversial measures unilaterally introduced by the previous British Government under its controversial 2023 Legacy Act which effectively blocked inquests and civil legal proceedings arising from Troubles murders and atrocities. The Tánaiste and Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn jointly announced the details of the new framework. The ...

By Veronica Corr On Sunday afternoon a sizeable crowd congregated around the Big Tom statue outside Castleblayney’s Market House, for a concert and civic reception for The Mainliners Showband, who were conferred with the Freedom of Castleblayney. The event was organised by Monaghan County Council. Country singers Margo O’Donnell, Damien Davis, Big Tom’s grand-nephew; Big Tom’s son Tom McBride Junior and Mick Mulhern entertained the crowd before the presentation began. Margo recalled the first time she heard ‘The Mighty Mainliners’ , as they were originally known, in 1966. All of ...

A new joint framework to address legacy issues arising from the Northern Ireland Troubles was unveiled by the British and Irish Governments on Friday. Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris said the new proposals were “a night and day improvement” on the controversial measures unilaterally introduced by the previous British Government under its controversial 2023 Legacy Act which effectively blocked inquests and civil legal proceedings arising from Troubles murders and atrocities. The Tánaiste and Northern Ireland Secretary Hilary Benn jointly announced the details of the new framework. The ...

Veronica Corr Homegrown Irish Presidential Candidate for Fine Gael, Heather Humphreys kept it country for Saturday’s launch, her venue of choice being the iconic Monaghan Peace Campus – Tánaiste and Fine Gael Leader Simon Harris quipped that she could draw a bigger crowd than Philomena Begley as he took to the podium in the packed to capacity function room! Heather says that if elected she intends to, not only bring people to the Áras, but bring the Áras to them. She has certainly started as she means to continue, as the ...

A man in his 50s sustained serious injuries when struck by an SUV in a collision in Monaghan Town in the early hours of last Saturday morning. The injured man underwent treatment at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. The incident occurred in the Broad Road area of the town around 1 am. Gardaí have appealed to witnesses to come forward. Any road users in the area at the time who might have dashcam footage that could assist the investigation are asked to make this available to the Gardaí. ...