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Gardaí are seeking the public’s assistance to help trace a missing Monaghan Townsman. 45-year-old Denis Crumlish has not been seen since Sunday April 2 last when he left his home on the outskirts of the town. Mr Crumlish is approximately 5 feet 8 inches tall, of broad build and with brown hair. It is not known what clothing he was wearing at the time he went missing. Anyone with information on his whereabouts, or other information which could be of assistance, is requested to get in touch with Monaghan Garda ...

Monaghan Co Council has been allocated €750,000 in 2023 to further develop a pilot initiative using reclaimed asphalt which could become a national template for the repair of roads. A comprehensive presentation on the progress of the reclaimed asphalt project in the county was given to the Co Council’s April meeting by senior roads engineer Kevin West, who come in for praise from Acting Director of Transportation Services Gareth McMahon and the elected membership for driving the initiative. Following his presentation, Cathaoirleach Sean Conlon (Sinn Féin), noting that a consultation ...

The Gardaí have launched an information appeal following a fatal road traffic accident in the Clones area on Saturday evening last, April 8. A female pedestrian in her 70s was struck by a vehicle at around 10.45 pm on the Newbliss Road at Clonavilla. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Gardaí in Monaghan have appealed for any witnesses to the accident to come forward. They have asked motorists who were travelling on the R183 Newbliss Road between 10-11 pm on Saturday and who may have camera or dash-cam footage ...

Funding of €68,000 under the 2023 Arts Partnership Grant to six applicants from across the county’s cultural and festival sphere was approved at the April meeting of Monaghan Co Council. The Garage Theatre in Monaghan Town and the Íontas Theatre in Castleblayney will each receive €22,000. €11,000 goes to Clones Film Festival, and there is €6,000 for Féile Patrick Byrne, €4,000 for Castleblayney Drama Festival and €3,000 for Muckno Mania. The allocations were approved on the proposal of Independent councillor Paudge Connolly, seconded by Sinn Féin’s Pat Treanor. When Independent ...

Senator Robbie Gallagher and Monaghan MD Cathaoirleach, Cllr Raymond Aughey heard Hanley Energy CEO Dennis Nordon confirm that within 12 months it is expected that 150 people will be employed in the former John E Coyle factory in Monaghan Town. Senator Gallagher and Cllr Aughey were given a full guided tour of operations this week to see for themselves the new hub for the company. Senator Gallagher said, “This is probably the biggest one-off job announcement here in some 30 years or more. It is super announcement for Monaghan Town and ...

Vinny Corey’s men channelled Rudyard Kipling on Sunday, according to MAITIÚ MONAGHAN, keeping their heads when all doubted them to secure Division 1 survival There are lines from the poem If by Rudyard Kipling: “If you can keep your head when all about you/ Are losing theirs and blaming it on you”. They came to mind on Sunday, as Conor McManus slotted away the last-minute penalty that put Monaghan 2-16 to 0-16 points ahead in Castlebar. As the news from Omagh filtered in that Armagh were losing, the reality of the ...

The home of country music is dancing to a different beat these days, according to Monaghan woman Liz McGuinness, who has undertaken a seven-day self-funded promotional tour in the USA to promote the 2023 and 2024 Féile Oriel traditional music festivals in Monaghan Town. Liz began her campaign at the St Patrick’s Week Tradfest in Nashville organised by Brenda Willis and continued her promotional activities at the main Irish hub in the city: McNamara’s Irish Bar and Restaurant run by Paula and Seán Mc- Namara. “That was a fantastic opportunity ...

Important refurbishment and conservation work planned for St Macartan’s Cathedral in Monaghan Town received funding of €100,000 this week. The Government’s Historic Structures Fund will assist in the works, which will entail work to the spire, pinnacles tower and south transept of the cathedral, with internal high-level plaster repairs. Two other places of worship in the local area have also been successful with applications to the fund. Shanco Church in Emyvale gets funding of €35,000 for conservation works to the roof, for the removal of vegetation and biocide cleaning, and ...

One of the leaders of the ongoing search for the Disappeared – those abducted, murdered and secretly buried during the Troubles period – has announced his retirement. Geoff Knupfer has been the lead investigator for the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains since 2005 and has been closely involved in the series of searches carried out in the Bragan area of Co Monaghan in recent years for the remains of Columba McVeigh. The ICLVR was set up by the Irish and British Governments in 1999. To date 13 ...

By Veronica Corr “Every man, woman and child has a right to a roof over their heads. If anyone in the Municipal District is put out on the street please get in touch with the Municipal District, who will bring it to the attention of Monaghan County Council,” Cathaoirleach Hugh McElvaney said at the outset of the recent monthly meeting of Ballybay/Clones Municipal District. The Independent elected representative let his disgust at the Government’s lifting of the Eviction Ban at the end of March be known, describing the move as ...