Articles in the General News Category

Beech Hill College Principal, Mr Patrick Mc Ardle, was delighted to welcome everyone to The Garage Theatre for the Beech Hill College production of ‘Mary Poppins’ which took place on Thursday the 17th and Friday the 18th of November with matinee performances which were thoroughly enjoyed by children from local primary schools on Wednesday the 16th and Thursday the 17th of November. This production was truly the work of Beech Hill College students and their teachers who brought this show from idea to performance through their Construction, Art, Music and ...

Michael Fisher Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has welcomed a response from European Commission Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier that the EU will not accept any further dilution to the withdrawal agreement reached last week with the British government. Mr Barnier was responding to questions from Mr Carthy and his party colleague Martina Anderson MEP, during a dialogue with the Left political grouping in the European Parliament on Tuesday. In response to issues raised by the Sinn Féin representatives, Michel Barnier stated unequivocally: “There will be no veto – we will ...

As runners from all over the country completed final preparations for this coming Sunday’s KBC Dublin Marathon, Tuesday October 16th seen the launch of a colourful hardback publication to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the running of this very popular marathon through the historic streets of Dublin City. The book entitled ‘The Dublin Marathon Celebrating 40 Years’ was compiled and edited by wellknown Leitrim journalist Sean McGoldrick and includes a small selection of articles penned by various contributors from all over Ireland who reminisce on their own individual Dublin Marathon ...

CLONTIBRET 1-14 SCOTSTOWN 0-11 Colm Shalvey reports The ‘five-in-a-row’ narrative has been omnipresent in Gaelic football of late, but Clontibret ended Scotstown’s ‘drive for five’ in some style in last Sunday’s Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship Final. Scotstown made their second trip to Clones in just over a week as favourites to retain the title, but their bid for history was unravelled by a complete performance from Clontibret. There was a ‘smash and grab’ element to Clontibret’s last county final win over Scotstown back in 2014 – the Blues’ most recent previous knock-out ...

Peter Hughes Calls for better co-ordination of the support services available to people at risk of or bereaved by suicide in Co Monaghan were made at a suicide prevention awareness event organised by the mental health group Solas in Monaghan Town’s Westenra Arms Hotel last Thursday evening. But perhaps the chief emphasis of the occasion, which drew a large audience, was on the importance of reaching out with kindness to people experiencing a mental health crisis or who have lost a loved one who has taken their own life. The ...

Ballinode man Ollie Keenan has been announced as the Sodexo All-Ireland Chef of the Year for 2019, winning a gold medal for his sustainable themed menu. Ollie will now compete in front of a live audience at the Sodexo UK and Ireland Grand Final at the HRC Show (formerly Hotelympia) in London in March 2020. The theme of this year ’s competition is ‘Celebrating Our Sustainable Future’ and the focus was on the creative use of sustainable ingredients that support the Future 50 Foods initiative. 75% of the global food ...

The Hillgrove Hotel in Monaghan Town was the venue on Friday last for the opening event of Bioeconomy Ireland Week, which focused on Sustainability and the Future of Food. Over 120 food producers, researchers and academics from all over Ireland were addressed by experts in the field, among them Rory McDonnell, Bord Bia’s Head of Strategic Insight, who discussed future food trends. An industry-led panel comprising Justin Carton, Manor Farm; Jason Whooley, Bio-Marine Ingredients and Kobus De Klerk, MBio debated Sustainability and the Future of Protein. Professor Kevin O’Connor from ...

Peter Hughes Politicians raised concerns at last Friday’s inaugural meeting of the Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee about the shortage of transport resources available to the local Gardaí to respond to rural crime and cope with any added security commitments that might arise with the outcome of the UK’s departure from the European Union. The issue was raised by Fianna Fáil member of Monaghan Co Council Raymond Aughey, who asked the Garda representatives on the JPC why such a big problem was being experienced at present with getting more vehicles ...

The Bishop of Clogher, Larry Duffy, will officially open the new building at St. Louis Secondary School, Monaghan on Monday, 21st October 2019. The opening of the new state of the art facility will mark a great occasion in the life of St. Louis Secondary School.

Peter Hughes Calls were made at last Friday’s inaugural meeting of the Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee for the advancement of the delivery of CCTV crime detection and deterrent systems for the towns of Castleblayney and Carrickmacross. Progress was also sought on the CCTV scheme for Monaghan Town, with members welcoming the fact that data protection issues which had delayed the delivery of CCTV projects nationally now seemed to have been resolved. Co-ordinator Cathal Flynn said that the provision of a CCTV scheme had been agreed by the former Castleblayney ...