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The Government are now setting about a task they have been repeatedly urging businesses and employers throughout the country to do in recent times – budgeting for Brexit. Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe TD yesterday briefed his fellow Cabinet members on the approach he will be taking to the frameworking of the national finances for 2020, indicating that the Budget to be announced on October 8 will be prepared in the expectation that there will be a no-deal outcome to the UK’s messy divorce from the European Union. Opponents of the Government ...

Robert McBride receives his prize of €100 Monaghan Town Voucher which he won at this years Tydavnet Show and was sponsored by AIB Monaghan. In the photo are – L-R Beulah Alexaner, AIB, Ian McBride, AIB, Robert Mc Bride, and Una Curran, AIB.

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has said that if the British Government’s approach to Brexit remains unchanged, a United Ireland might be the only way to minimise the “political and economic devastation a crashout or no deal threatens to cause to Ireland”. The Midlands North West representative was speaking at a commemoration for Civil War leader Liam Lynch in the Knockmealdown Mountains. Mr Carthy urged Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin TD to “face up to their political responsibilities” by accepting the inevitability of a referendum ...

Niamh Smyth, Fianna Fáil Dáil Deputy for Cavan/Monaghan, said this week that the driving licence system operating in this country was too complex – with many returning emigrants not able to exchange their full driving licences for an Irish equivalent. Deputy Smyth commented: “Changes are needed to aid returning emigrants in exchanging their foreign driving licences for Irish equivalents. One case with my office saw an Irish national trying to change his UK licence for an Irish one in light of Brexit – but he ran into complexities because the ...

THE BEEF CRISIS The difficulties confronting the Irish beef production sector appeared to escalate rather than abate this week as moves to revive the talks between the farmers and the factories stalled. Processors group Meat Industry Ireland announced yesterday that 3,000 employees of its members had been temporarily laid off “due to the continuing illegal blockades of factories and intimidation of staff and suppliers by protestors.” Beef processors withdrew from scheduled renewed talks on Monday because of ongoing protests at meat plants, including the ABP premises in Clones. Yesterday’s Meat Industry ...

New Suicide Bereavement Liaison Service launched for Monaghan and Cavan A NEW SERVICE to support people bereaved by suicide was this week launched for the Cavan and Monaghan area at the Tanagh Outdoor Centre, Cootehill — and heralded as a means by which loved ones affected by such a tragedy will be listened to with empathy and in a non-judgmental way. Coinciding, appropriately, with World Suicide Prevention Day, the Suicide Bereavement Liaison Service for Cavan and Monaghan was launched on Tuesday and will be funded by the HSE and delivered through ...

Peter Hughes There was a need for more housing provision in Co Monaghan to cater for people living on their own, Sinn Féin councillor Colm Carthy stated at the September meeting of Monaghan Co Council. It was the view of some members that there was need for an affordable housing scheme in the county. At present Co Monaghan does not fit the criteria for the operation of the scheme. The issue of affordable housing and a number of other dimensions of accommodation provision were addressed in a comprehensive written answer ...

COLM SHALVEY COMMENTARY There has been much talk about Séamus McEnaney’s return as manager of the Monaghan senior footballers for 2020, with experienced players Conor Mc- Manus and Darren Hughes welcoming the Corduff man’s re-appointment to take the reins from Malachy O’Rourke. Banty’s track record – including six campaigns in this role between 2005 and 2010 – is well known within the county, so here we put the spotlight on the high-profile members of his backroom….

Team captain delights in adding to Fontenoys’ fame KEVIN ÓG CARNEY Ever since winning the county JFC title in 2000, Donaghmoyne have been the flavour du jour in Monaghan ladies football circles. Last weekend, the Fontenoys did what they do best; they clinched yet another county title with their 1-15 to 0-11 SFC final victory over eager Emyvale marking their 17th successive annexation of the blue riband title. Back in 2003 when the Farneysiders clinched their first Monaghan SFC title, a 13 year old Hazel Kingham (CIRCLED) shone like a pearl on ...

Peter Hughes The members of Monaghan Co Council on Monday voted 9-8 to increase the rate of Local Property Tax levied in the county by 15%. The Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael members of the local authority combined to carry the proposal, advancing the rationale that the extra revenue generated would enable the county’s three Municipal Districts to significantly increase the funding at their disposal to support local projects and provide match funding for developments advanced by community groups. The Ballybay/Clones, Carrickmacross/Castleblayney and Monaghan Municipal Districts will each receive €330,000 ...