Articles in the General News Category

EIRGRID ULSTER UNDER-20 FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP QUARTER FINAL CAVAN 1-13 MONAGHAN 2-04 COLM SHALVEY Drumhowan earned the headlines as they led the six Monaghan representatives at the 2019 John West Féile Peil na nÓg in Connacht last weekend. On the mid-Monaghan club’s first trip to a Féile outside the county, they enjoyed a perfect run through their Division Seven campaign. Wins over Milltown (Galway), Castlemaine (Kerry) and their host club Northern Gaels from Glenamaddy saw Drumhowan top Group D. The Geraldines advanced to the Cup section, where they knocked out Arravale Rovers from Tipperary and ...

No silver linings in McEnaney’s cloud PATRICK SMYTH In the bowels of Kingspan Breffni, Monaghan U20 football boss Seamus McEnaney held court like he has done at countless county grounds over the years. This time around though, the Corduff clubman has scarcely sported a more piercing frown. It seemed like everything that could have gone wrong for his charges in the previous hour-plus against Cavan did go wrong and McEnaney wouldn’t or couldn’t hide his disappointment: “It’s a very disappointing result because the game was definitely in the balance at half-time and ...

By Veronica Corr Residents of the Drumgossatt and Knocknacran areas of Magheracloone, who were disrupted by a road closure arising from the crown hole which occurred just before Christmas, have welcomed news that Monaghan County Council plan to open the LP4900 local road in August. However, a spokesperson expressed some reservations about apparent moves by Gyproc to include the new GAA grounds and community centre in the same planning application as a new open cast mine. Nonetheless, Gyproc says that their commitment to replacing the GAA and community centre facilities ...

By Patsy McArdle AN important new chapter in the promotion of the wonderful amenities associated with Lough Muckno as a jewel in the crown of tourism for Castleblayney was launched on Friday last with the official opening of the new Outdoor Adventure Centre, including the well-located clubhouse on the shores of the scenic lake, along the route to the White island. The official opening was performed by the Minister for Business Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys T.D., who was joined by a number of other local public representatives including Senator…

John P. Graham When news broke of the decision by Malachy O’Rourke to step down from his position as manager of the Monaghan senior team in the immediate aftermath of their loss to Armagh in Clones on Saturday, a rare defeat in a venue that Malachy O’Rourke had built into a veritable fortress for Monaghan, there was an element of surprise in some quarters and disappointment in others. All comments from the public, supporters and various elements of the media present were using terms like gentleman, great motivator, high achiever ...

Cllr Paudge Connolly re-iterated his opposition to the system used by Monaghan County Council to allocate Chairs and Committee seats at this month’s meeting of the local authority. At the recent Annual General Meeting, Cllr Connolly had walked out to show his disgust at how the process of dividing up positions on the Council had been decided by the three main political parties, which he said had not treated the three independent members as a group. In his absence, he was proposed and seconded to become the Leas Cathaoirleach. However ...

New Owner Says Design Team Will Start Next Week By Veronica Corr and Michael Fisher An unfinished housing estate that has been an eyesore in Carrickmacross for several years is to be developed in the months ahead. The site that lies between the Ardee Road and Riverside Road (opposite the Civic offices) has now been officially acquired by Belfast developer Stephen McMurrough of East Coast Estates. He says his design team will move into the site next week, four months after he had previously indicated that work would commence. In ...

Local MEP calls for clarity on sentencing determinants Sinn Féin MEP, Matt Carthy, has reported widespread community anger and disappointment with the sentence of eight years’ imprisonment for the killer of Graham Tobin handed down last week. The Co Monaghan based representative confirmed that he has been in regular contact with members of Graham’s family who were shocked by what they consider to be the excessively lenient sentence delivered in the case. Carthy called for greater clarity on the determinants used by judges to mitigate sentences citing for example the position ...

St Tiarnach’s Park groundsman Tommy McCabe receives a presentation from the Ulster Council President, Oliver Galligan, during the Ulster Final in Clones on Sunday. Pic. Fintan McTiernan

Michael Fisher As the biggest infrastructure project of its type ever undertaken by Monaghan County Council gets underway, engineers have been holding public consultations this week about plans to upgrade a 32km section of the N2 road from Castleblayney to Ardee. The consultations today in Ardee, on Tuesday in Castleblayney and yesterday in Carrickmacross were to show local residents, farmers and businesses the study area for the new road and to confirm the various design constraints such as landscape and environmental factors, including protected monuments. The existing N2 national road ...