Articles in the General News Category

ESB Networks were asked this week to supply information on the legal basis that entitles them to act on behalf of grid operator EirGrid in the delivery of the north-south interconnector project. Cathaoirleach Sean Gilliland had a motion adopted at Monday’s meeting of the Ballybay-Clones Municipal District requesting the ESB to supply the “documented legal process” that empowered them to act on behalf of EirGrid in relation to planning matters concerning the interconnector development, which is the subject of concerted opposition by landowners and communities in parts of counties Monaghan, ...

Popularity of Monaghan amenity confirmed by Coillte as play park extension initiated PETER HUGHES Rossmore Forest Park in Monaghan attracted 357,834 visits in 2023, retaining its No 1 position as the most popular of Coillte’s public park amenities. The continuing national primacy of Rossmore as a visitor attraction added further celebratory glitter to Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys’ visit to the amenity on Thursday last to turn the sod for an extension of the children’s play area. €150,000 from the Community Recognition Fund administered by Minister Humphreys’ Department ...

A 34-year-old man was remanded in custody after being brought before a sitting of the District Court in Cavan on a charge linked to the seizure of €194,800 worth of suspected herbal cannabis at a premises in the York Street area of Castleblayney on Wednesday of last week. Approximately 9.7 kilogrammes of the suspected drug, which is being submitted for chemical analysis, were seized in a joint operation involving members of the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau, Louth Cavan Monaghan Crime Hub, and the Revenue Customs Service. York ...

PETER HUGHES Underneath its arches where many an important deal was done in times long past, a contract was signed on Friday for works that will bring the 1848 Market House building in Ballybay back into vibrant and purposeful existence. Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys TD joined a gathering of local civic leaders for the occasion, her Department having sanctioned €410,000 in Rural Regeneration and Development Fund support for the restoration of a building once a focal point for commercial, business, legal and social activity in the ...

Cavan/Monaghan TD Heather Humphreys has been confirmed as the Deputy Leader of Fine Gael. The appointment was formally announced by Fine Gael leader Simon Harris at the party’s Ard Fheis at the weekend. In a landmark week in her political career, Deputy Humphreys made the formal nomination of Deputy Harris as Taoiseach in the Dáil on Tuesday (see speech below). Following the new Taoiseach’s appointment, it was learned that, as expected, the Cavan/Monaghan TD would continue in Cabinet in her existing portfolios of Social Protection and Rural and Community Development. ...

A substantial portion of the town centre property long occupied by the Sisters of St Louis in Monaghan Town has been acquired by Monaghan Co Council. Negotiations between the local authority and the religious order over the acquisition of buildings and land have been in train for some time and their successful conclusion was marked at Monday’s meeting of the Co Council when Director of Services Cathal Flynn read a joint statement of announcement. No definite purpose for the 11.5 hectares acquired has yet been determined but Monday’s statement made ...

COLM SHALVEY TALKING POINTS Monaghan really needed to build up a considerable lead in the first half, but a hangover from the losing run in the league may have contributed to a lack of confidence at times on Sunday. Monaghan got some joy from pressing the Cavan kick-out, but save for a quick one-two of points from Conor McManus and Jack McCarron towards the half-hour mark, they were unable to turn that into any sustained momentum. The hosts looked to have timed their run well when Michael Hamill’s debut goal was ...

Community CCTV schemes being established in Co Monaghan would make a significant and positive impact on crime prevention and detection despite some of the restrictions on their operation dictated by GDPR rules, Garda Superintendent Pat O’Connell told the recent meeting of the Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee. He was responding to views expressed by some JPC members during a debate that the fact that the Gardaí did not have access to live footage from the schemes would limit their effectiveness. Discussion arose when Fianna Fáil member of Monaghan Co Council ...

It’s just one vintage weekend after another for Co Monaghan. Our photograph by Rory Geary shows some of the immaculately conserved vintage vehicles assembled at O’Neill’s Garden Centre in Glaslough, where the Morris Minor Owners Club Northern Ireland made a stopover on Easter Monday afternoon. What promises to be a vintage weekend of sport will soon be upon us with excitement in store for rallying and Gaelic football followers. Perhaps the largest-scale event in the Co Monaghan sporting calendar is headquartered in Monaghan Town on Sunday, when three stages of ...

Victory celebrations after Our Lady’s Secondary School won the Lidl LGFA All-Ireland Post-Primary Schools Senior A Final at St Rynagh’s GAA club in Banagher, Offaly, last Wednesday.