Articles in the General News Category

EirGrid’s North-South electricity interconnector project cannot be implemented using undergrounded technology because the method would not be as reliable and stable as required, a report published this week stated. The independent expert review requested by Minister for Energy Eamon Ryan TD has backed a previous International Expert Commission report finding that the interconnector should be constructed using above-ground technology or overhead pylons. EirGrid acknowledged the publication of the report and said they would now proceed to the next phase of the project’s development, which would be undertaken with full consultation ...

Friday’s St Patrick’s Day Parade in Monaghan Town had a worldwide audience thanks to live video streaming, with the crowds gathered before the reviewing stand in The Diamond responding enthusiastically when Master of Ceremonies Sean McCaffrey called for “a wave to the world” as the cavalcade of 70 participating elements began its wave through the main thoroughfares of the town. Declared a significant success at Monday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District, the event embraced the theme of “Pedal Power for the Future”, an ecofriendly text translated colourfully and imaginatively ...

PETER HUGHES The years of waiting for a CCTV surveillance system to be installed in the centre of Monaghan Town should come to an end by October of this year. The coming through of the formal sign-off on the scheme in the past week was welcomed at Monday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District. MD Co-ordinator Donal McElwain confirmed that final authorisation from the Garda Commissioner for the system’s installation had been received. But the Co-ordinator pointed out that much work was still required to get the system installed. “We ...

By Veronica Corr Former Taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Bertie Ahern received a rousing welcome from a packed function room on Monday night in The Shirley Arms Hotel, Carrickmacross. He was there at the invitation of Dr. Rory O’Hanlon and South Monaghan Fianna Fáil, but it was a public event and people from different traditions, with no political affiliations, were welcomed too. This was not a party political broadcast. Rather it was a commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, which ushered in a new era of ...

Clontibret-based Moffett Automated Storage Limited has been named as Overall Winner of the Small Firms Association National Small Business Awards 2023. The awards celebrate the achievements of small businesses in Ireland and recognise the important and vital contributions of this sector to the Irish economy. Thirty-six finalists and five Emerging New Businesses were selected from hundreds of applications received for the 2023 programme. Moffett Automated Storage provides a fully automated storage solution to warehouses that use pallets. The company covers all aspects from warehouse design and planning; engineering and production ...

A new community alert and information service has gone live across Co Monaghan following its official launch at the recent meeting of Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee. The Monaghan Alerts service is an extension of an information provision by Monaghan Co Council. It incorporates a Garda and community messaging service to augment the existing text alert service on local authority related topics such as road closures and severe weather warnings. The development represents the continuation of the community alert crime prevention and information system that has been operating in Co ...

ABOVE: Minister Humphreys taking part in the St Patrick’s Parade in London last weekend

A man in his 50s died in a two-vehicle road traffic collision which occurred on the N12 at Knockaconny outside Monaghan Town on Saturday morning last, March 11. The man who received fatal injuries was the sole occupant of one of the vehicles involved in the incident. His body was removed from the scene for post mortem examination. Two occupants of the second car were taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda and Cavan General Hospital for treatment to injuries which were described as not life-threatening. Gardaí and ...

Monaghan Co Council has been called upon to take urgent action to minimise traffic disruption following the collapse of section of a bridge in the Derrygooney area of Latton at the weekend. The matter was raised at Monday’s meeting of the Council by Fine Gael representative Sean Gilliland, who referred to the adverse effect on the local community of the incident and the subsequent road closure. Councillor Gilliland said that the road in question had previously been closed for months while work was carried out to the bridge, and there ...

Gardaí have appealed for witnesses to an incident in the Magheracloone area of Carrickmacross last Saturday, March 4 in which was a motorist was stopped by a person purporting to be a member of An Garda Síochána. The incident occurred at approximately 7.45 am in the Clonseady area. A motorist was stopped by a male driving a navy-coloured Toyota Corolla Estate with what may have been a 10-LH registration plate. This individual allegedly identified themselves as a member of An Garda Síochána to the motorist but could not provide official ...