Articles in the General News Category

Advice to the public to be prudent and careful in the usage of water as the current dry weather spell was set to continue emanated from Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. Asked to give an update at the meeting on the water situation in the county, Senior Engineer for Water Services Cathal Flynn stated that the public water supply provided by Irish Water with the assistance of Monaghan Co Council…

Michael Fisher It was a day of celebration for the parish of Tydavnet and the diocese of Clogher as former Scotstown footballer Seán Mulligan from Knockatallon was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Noel Treanor at St Macartan’s Cathedral in Monaghan on Sunday. It had been over fifty years since anyone from that area close to the border with Co. Fermanagh had been ordained. Fr Seán is 47 and is a lifelong pioneer, with a great devotion to Our Lady, in the footsteps of the late Canon Bernard Maguire from ...

By PATSY McARDLE HUGE crowds from both sides of the border are expected in Castleblayney this weekend for the 20th annual Muckno Mania Festival which is regarded as one of the most entertaining and all-embracing festivals in the country. The event gets under way tonight (Thursday) with the selection of a festival queen. There are eight contenders (See Castleblayney News) in the running for the honour which was claimed last…

Robbie Gallagher who attended a meeting in Cavan last week with the HSE is organising a public meeting next Thursday July 12th to discuss a range of health issues facing people living in the county. The meeting will be held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Monaghan, starting at 8pm. The keynote speakers will include Fianna Fáil Health spokesperson Stephen Donnelly TD, Lead Consultant at Cavan General Hospital’s Emergency Department Dr Ashraf Butt, Local GP Dr Illona Duffy and the Managing Director of Combilift, Martin McVicar. Senator Gallagher explained: “For ...

MONAGHAN STAR CONOR MCMANUS GUEST OF HONOUR ON THE DAY Heiton Buckley, Ireland’s leading supplier of doors, floors, bathrooms, garden, plumbing and heating products, today officially unveiled its newly refurbished Monaghan branch. GAA star Conor McManus, CEO of Grafton Merchanting Patrick Atkinson, Branch Manager Cora Maguire and building contractor and longstanding customer Gary McPhillips officially cut the ribbon and kicked off the celebrations which included a live broadcast by Northern Sound’s Joe Finnegan Show. Located in Milltown, the branch was originally opened in November 1984 as Pattons of Monaghan and was ...

Property prices in Monaghan have risen by €5,000 in the last year, according to the latest MyHome.ie Property Report in association with Davy. The report for Q2 2018 shows that the median asking price for a property in the county now stands at €150,000. While this was unchanged from the first quarter of the year, prices remain 3.5% ahead of where they were this time last year at €145,000. This means that house prices in the county remain at their highest level in five years. Like the overall figure, the ...

HEALTH MINISTER ACCEPTS NEW CONTRACT IS NEEDED New Primary Care Centre for Carrickmacross to be ready by 2020 Michael Fisher The General Practitioner service is in absolute crisis at the moment, according to two prominent local doctors. Some practices in the Co. Monaghan area are closed to new patients. At one surgery in Carrickmacross, existing patients are queueing up before opening time at the start of the week in the hope of getting appointments. Meanwhile the HSE has confirmed in response to a query from Sinn Féin Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin that ...

For MDs 666 is the magic number! By Veronica Corr Immediately following the election of Cathaoirleach David Maxwell at the recent AGM of Monaghan County Council, the new chairman was asked to look into the reduction of a seat in the Ballybay/Clones Municipal District by Independent representative Hugh McElvaney. The Independent representative’s comments came following the announcement of the redrawing of electoral boundaries: “I’m making a proposal, we should ask who’s meddling and appeal the decision. We were very happy with how it was divided up before. They are changing the Municipal ...

O’Hanlon proposes Roads Section inform emergency services of all roadworks By Veronica Corr At a recent meeting of Monaghan County Council, the National Ambulance Service met with members. Sinn Féin Councillor Sean Conlon explained that the request for the National Ambulance Service to attend a meeting of the local authority had arisen from a notice of urgent business and subsequent questions drafted by himself and agreed by members at their monthly meeting back in January 2017. As a consequence of the presentation, Fianna Fáil Councillor PJ O’Hanlon proposed the…

Oireachtas Disability Group Pre-Budget Submission was launched last week in the Audio Visual Room in Leinster House. The event was co-chaired by Senator John Dolan, the Chief Executive of the Disability Federation of Ireland and Cavan Monaghan Dáil Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, the Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Disability Rights and Older People. The event was attended by representatives of the Disability Federation, Inclusion Ireland and the National Federation of Voluntary Bodies who all played a hands-on role in the consideration and preparation of the Oireachtas Disability Group proposals. Teachtaí Dála ...