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A funded cross-Border project has been launched in response to the increase in numbers of people with mental health problems. Over the next four years, the large-scale cross-Border Innovation Recovery project offers an unprecedented opportunity to empower and enable people and communities to take greater control over their own mental and emotional wellbeing, the HSE said this week. This EU funding allocation has been secured by the Co-operation and Working Together (CAWT) Health and Social Care Partnership,” a HSE media release stated. “The CAWT project partners are the HSE, the ...

Colm Shalvey reports MONAGHAN V DONEGAL Donegal need a change in fortunes as they travel to Monaghan for the penultimate round of the Allianz National Football League Division One this Sunday. Monaghan go into round six still in third place, despite their three-game winning run ending with a loss to unbeaten Galway in Salthill last Sunday. Monaghan were in a promising position to turn over the joint-leaders towards the end of the first half, but the sending-off of Fintan Kelly proved to be a hammer blow to….

Galway 0-17 Monaghan 1-10 COLM SHALVEY Monaghan’s three-game winning run in the Allianz National Football League came to an end against unbeaten Galway at Pearse Stadium last Sunday. A Monaghan team showing eight changes from the win over Tyrone competed well against the breeze in the first half, helped by scores from Conor McManus, Jack McCarron and the returning Kieran Hughes, but the sending-off of Fintan Kelly left the visitors’ 14 men facing a tough task in the second period. Galway gradually gained the upper hand, with almost half of their scores….

Cavan Monaghan Sinn Féin Dáil Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, the first Sinn Féin TD to take his seat in Leinster House following his election in 1997, has announced his decision to stand down from his elected role at the conclusion of the current Dáil term. Deputy Ó Caoláin made the announcement when he addressed party activists at a function in Cootehill’s Errigal Hotel last night (Wednesday). In attendance was the…

Michael Fisher Developers of a proposed wind farm in the Errigal Truagh area of north Monaghan that was refused planning permission in January by Monaghan County Council have appealed the decision to An Bord Pleanála. Council planners turned down the application because it did not include a suitable survey of hen harriers in the Sliabh Beagh area carried out during the breeding season. Nor did it specify details of the …

By PATSY McARDLE LOCAL MEP Matt Carthy engaged in hour-long top-level talks this week on the uncertain implications of Brexit for the Border region, including Co. Monaghan, pending the forthcoming withdrawal of Britain from the EU. The Carrickmacross-based Sinn Fein MEP had the discussions in Brussels with Michel Barnier, a key EU negotiator who holds most clout regarding Brexit, and a top EU figure who, incidentally, has not engaged in discussions with other political figures, including government ministers. Mr. Carthy was joined at the high-level meeting, by…

While the numbers involved in the suckler sphere of Co Monaghan agricultural production were holding steady at the present time, a significant withdrawal from the sector could be imminent if national trends were reproduced here, it was stated by Fianna Fáil’s Pádraig McNally at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. Councillor McNally was moving the motion, “That this Council recognises the crisis facing suckler farmers and calls on Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed TD to immediately put in place support measures that will help to save the sector. This sector ...

Council are appealing to people to conserve water to ensure a consistent supply to all consumers. Irish Water said this week that consumption levels in Co Monaghan have risen dramatically in the aftermath of last week’s severe weather event. “Usage levels are being monitored consistently to ensure supply does not outstrip demand,” Irish Water pointed out in a media release, which continued: “Leak detection and repair crews are mobilised across the county and are fixing burst…

The widespread public praise for the efforts of local authority personnel and members of the Fire Brigade, Civil Defence and allied emergency services to mitigate the impact on Co Monaghan of the severe winter weather conditions of last week was reflected in comments made at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. As a sense of normalcy returned to the county following four days when red and orange weather warnings and their climatic causes severely disrupted transport and saw widespread suspension of business activities and community events, Council Cathaoirleach, Sinn Féin ...

By Veronica Corr Yesterday, as this newspaper went to press, our reporter spoke to Frank Hayes, Spokesperson for Kerry Group, who confirmed that the planned 31 redundancies would go ahead at the Kerry Foods plant in Carrickmacross today, Thursday. Mr. Hayes commented yesterday (Wednesday): “There has been no breakthrough, I’m afraid. We had moved substantially in terms of clarifying the package and allowing a number of voluntary redundancies, as far as we could, given the needs of the business. “I’m afraid there hasn’t been any agreement. There has been no ...