Articles in the General News Category

Clontibret 1-15 Castleblayney 1-13 John Graham It took extra time to decide the outcome in this riveting Greenfield Foods Senior Footall Championship contest that was in the balance right through, although Castleblayney might look back and see that they had slightly the better of the chances to seal the issue in normal time. That said though Clontibret struck decisively when the late opportunity arose, a goal in the 4th minute of the second period of extra time effectively sealing the issue. Played at a cracking pace throughout this was a game where never ...

John Graham reports Scotstown 0-10 Ballybay 0-09 Reigning champions Scotstown are through to the semi-final of the Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship but they had to dig deep into the resources of courage and commitment to get over the challenge of Ballybay in what was a tough, hard-hitting encounter in Clontibret on Sunday evening last. In the final analysis though Ballybay are still in the championship but were left to rue a number of missed chances, particularly their failure to convert a first half penalty which would have given them a greater foothold ...

The Monaghan Town Rhythm and Blues Festival gets underway this, Thursday evening and continues over the weekend, promising the cream of national and international acts showcasing the best in the festival’s thematic musical genre. Although the festival has undergone a significant reformatting this year, blues enthusiasts from throughout the country and abroad are again expected to swell the local crowds for the five-day music marathon, with local bars and restaurants providing the venues for a series of top….

The Challenge Tour golf event being hosted by the Concra Wood Golf & Country Club on the Dundalk Road in Castleblayney from October 4-7 next will “showcase Co Monaghan to a worldwide audience”, Chief Executive Eamonn O’Sullivan told Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. Referring to the launch of the event last Friday and outlining the sponsorship role the Co Council had taken in relation to it, Mr O’Sullivan stressed that this was a professional level competition, with the Challenge Tour being a natural progression for professional golfers to make ...

PETER HUGHES The fact that revenue generated by the Local Property Tax in Co Monaghan gave discretionary funding to the county’s three Municipal Districts to support local community projects was cited as justification by a succession of members of Monaghan Co Council on Monday when they decided to reject a Sinn Féin proposal to cut the levy. A show of hands vote at the Council’s monthly meeting produced an 11-7 outcome in favour of retaining the LPT at its existing rate. The SF members had sought a 7.5% reduction in ...

Peter Hughes “Almost 1,000 cattle have been slaughtered and removed from farms in Co Monaghan this year due to TB,” Fianna Fáil representative Seamus Coyle told Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. There was agreement to a proposal from Councillor Coyle, seconded by his party colleague Pádraig McNally, that, in view of the alarming increase in TB outbreaks in Co Monaghan at twice the national…

Peter Hughes Plans by Monaghan Co Council to establish a separate website for the county’s Community Text Alert groups were detailed to Tuesday’s meeting of the Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee. The Council’s Community Development Officer Carol Lambe said the website would be owned by the groups and the groups would still control their own database. The Co Council would set up the website and pay for the cost of the texts going out. Ms Lambe noted that there were 27 Community Text Alert organisations in the county, although she ...

Peter Hughes A special meeting of Monaghan Co Council has been convened for Monday morning, September 10 next to allow Independents needing local authority nominations to contest the presidential election later this year to make their pitch for the councillors’ favour. As many as nine of those who have declared their intention to seek a nomination to take part in the October 26 election could avail of the opportunity to address the local authority, although it is unclear at present if all will avail of the opportunity. One of the ...

Peter Hughes The annual ‘Don’t Pour Your Dreams Away’ campaign is to adopt a future focus on first and second year second-level students to reflect the fact that young people are encountering the temptations of alcohol at an earlier age, Tuesday morning’s meeting of the Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee was told. A photo-call at the outset of the meeting provided an official launch to this year’s initiative, which was conceived as a means of countering over-indulgence in drink by students celebrating their Junior Certificate results but which has evolved ...

On the night of June 30th, two young people gathered their friends, family and most of the community to spread a message of hope. Emily and Daniel Madden shaved their heads to raise money for cancer research and families who are suffering with this disease. Cancer is a terrible illness, yet we must picture a cure. Thanks to cancer research, the chances of more patients to recover and survive has and will continue….