Articles in the General News Category

Michael Fisher The Chief Executive of EirGrid, Mark Foley, was in Belfast on Tuesday to welcome visitors to the headquarters of its northern subsidiary SONI in Castlereagh. The company’s Market Operations Director, Rodney Doyle, gave an update on the integrated single electricity market, which began in October. Jo Aston, Director of Wholesale Markets, Utility Regulator in Northern Ireland, gave the meeting an update on the energy market. Mr Foley is believed to have reminded the group about the plans for the North South interconnector, which has been put back for ...

THE evening of Monday 19th November saw representatives of Clan McKenna attend at the Embassy of Chile in Ireland on Wellington Road in Dublin’s Ballsbridge to attend the designation of ‘Sala Juan MacKenna’ — the Juan MacKenna cultural exhibition room named in honour of the Monaghan-born military officer and hero of the Chilean War of Independence. The event hosted by current Chilean Ambassador to Ireland Cristián Streeter was also attended by representatives of the McKenna family of Swann’s Cross, who are direct descendants of General Don Juan, as he is ...

By PATSY McARDLE MONAGHAN Fianna Fáil county councilor, and Cathaorleach of the Northern and Western Regional Assembly, Cllr. Seamus Coyle was among a very distinguished list of invited public figures to address the 10th European Innovation Summit in the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday of last week. The guest speakers included senior Austrian and German Government Ministers who were joined by leading members of the European Parliament. A number of other eminent European experts joined in a panel discussion, with Councillor Coyle with a strong focus on serious concerns ...

By PATSY McARDLE BUSINESS in Castleblayney came to a standstill on Saturday last, and a pall of grief shrouded the mid-Monaghan town for the weekend, as the funeral took place of 47-years-old local father of two, Stephen Marron, who was killed in Main Street, on the previous Tuesday night, when he was seated in his parked vehicle which was struck by a speeding car that was involved in a garda chase. Several hundred people attended the removal of the remains, requiem mass, and funeral, at St. Mary’s Church, Castleblayney, of ...

Monaghan champions in All-Ireland Final KEVIN CARNEY This coming Saturday is D-Day for Emmet Óg as they seek to become the first Monaghan side to claim the All-Ireland Intermediate Club Ladies Football Championship title since Emyvale’s heroics exactly ten years ago. Standing in their way of claiming national glory this Saturday (7.30pm) at Parnell Park, Donnycarney is Dublin and Leinster Champions Clontarf. It’s been a long and winding road for the county standard bearers. One has to go back to the last weekend of July to recall their championship opener against Magheracloone ...

John Graham reports Gweedore 0-13 Scotstown 0-12 Scotstown’s hopes of winning a fifth Ulster Club Senior Football Championship were cruelly crushed in Omagh on Sunday last by Donegal champions Gweedore, who won their first ever Ulster club title with a point in the fourth minute of the second period of extra time to break Scotstown hearts. Played in difficult conditions this was a contest that was in the balance all through but a number of factors conspired to deny Scotstown and none more so than the very harsh dismissal of Shane Carey on ...

On Saturday night last the annual Captain’s Dinner was held at the club. This is an opportunity for members to show their appreciation for the work carried out by the Captains. A large gathering enjoyed a great night’s entertainment with a 4 course dinner followed by the now customary speeches and to cap it all off comedian Gene Fitzpatrick entertained the crowd late into the night. The toast to the Captain James Murphy was proposed by Taghd Foley and he summed up all the good aspects of the Captain. James ...

PATSY McARDLE Civic and community leaders in Castleblayney expressed shock and grief yesterday (Wednesday) over a tragic incident in the town prior to midnight on Tuesday in which a 40-year-old father-of-two was killed when his parked car was struck by a speeding vehicle which was being pursued at the time by Gardaí. A Garda who had attempted to question the driver of the speeding car, before it was driven off at high speed, was dragged for about 500 metres and was later taken to hospital for facial, head and leg ...

By Veronica Corr The eagerly anticipated opening of the sympathetically renovated Market House Phase I, encompassing Carrickmacross Lace Gallery and craft gallery (Collective at Market Square) took place on Monday afternoon. The building looked magnificent and the Christmas tree in the foyer made it all the more inviting. The civic structure has maintained its original features, whilst incorporating modern touches, which are essential in buildings nowadays. The invited guests congregated in the Lace Gallery for speeches. Master of Ceremonies for the event was Paul Clifford, Director of Services with Monaghan ...

Michael Fisher Two projects by Monaghan County Council providing a more inclusive playground policy for disabled children and the promotion of a national online directory for repairing goods from clothes to washing machines have received prizes at the excellence in local government awards run by Chambers Ireland. Representatives of the Council received the awards at a ceremony in Dublin last Thursday. The Council’s inclusive playground policy came out on top ahead of three other projects for disability services provision. This category seeks to celebrate the provision of services that enhance ...