Articles in the General News Category

Rockcorry is to be provided with a localised, specially licensed taxi service as part of a national one-year pilot programme which Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan TD says will “help improve transport choices for people living in rural locations across the country.” Twenty locations are included in the Local Hackney Pilot Programme, described by Minister Ryan’s Department as “designed to encourage new parttime local hackney services to operate in communities which could not support a full-time taxi or hackney operation.” Applications to take part in the initiative can be made ...

Hospital is to operate a seven-day service from March of this year, the HSE has confirmed. There has been a broad political welcome for the news, which was conveyed to local elected representatives at a briefing held through the HSE’s Regional Health Forum for Dublin and the North East on Friday last. But calls were made at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council for services at the hospital to be further extended in light of the current overcrowding situation at Cavan General Hospital and other larger hospitals throughout the country. ...

Hospital services in both Cavan and Monaghan were experiencing “unprecedented pressures” because of the number of Covid- 19 and winter flu cases they were having to deal with, the HSE has stated. What was described as “multiple outbreaks” of Covid and flu cases presenting at hospital departments in both counties were cited in a renewed call by Cavan General Hospital this week for the public to refrain from attending its emergency department unless absolutely necessary. “Cavan and Monaghan Hospitals are now in full escalation,” stated Director of Operations Laura Waters. ...

The sudden death of Monsignor Richard Mohan which occurred at the South West Acute Hospital in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh on Sunday last January 1 has evoked deep sadness throughout Co Monaghan. Fr Dick, as he was popularly known, served as Parish Priest in Clones from 2013 to 2020, having previously been Prior of the pilgrimage island of Lough Derg for 23 years. He also served on the staff of St Macartan’s College and was a priest in the Monaghan and Rackwallace Parish for a time. In a tribute following his ...

Little Ted McQuaid, the beneficiary of this year’s Jolly Joggers walk and run organised by Glaslough Harriers AFC, decided to lead by example at the New Year’s Day event. He is shown with parents Gabby and Pat approaching the finishing line of the Emyvale course much to the delight of the assembled spectators, among them World Masters athletics champion Donna Evans. Proceeds from the annual event will this year help defray wee Ted’s medical expenses. To support the cause a total of 805 people registered for the 10k/6k undertaking in ...

A plaque on the wall of the former Courthouse building in Clones recalls how novelist James Joyce would frequent such venues around Dublin early in the 20th century to listen to hearings and prospect for nuggets of character and plot. Now a community space, the old Clones Courthouse resounded on December 28 to recollections of a different sort of human drama as memories of the bomb which exploded in the town 50 years previously were shared, some given utterance for the first time. The characters in this story were ordinary ...

People were stunned, shocked and saddened when they heard of the death of Marion Donnelly, Emyvale – not only the people of North Monaghan but from the entire county and indeed all over Ireland and many countries throughout the world. Marion, through her work and her interests, became a well-known lady and was held in great esteem by all who knew her. Her involvement in and contribution to the GAA at local, county and national level has been enormous and her employment in Silverhill Duckling brought her into contact with ...

There were six road fatalities recorded in Co Monaghan in 2022, an increase of one on the 2021 figure, a report issued by the Road Safety Authority noted this week. The RSA expressed concern that a 13% rise in road deaths nationwide had been recorded in the year just past. A total of 155 people died in 149 fatal road collisions in 2022 compared to 137 deaths in 124 fatal road collisions in 2021. Provisional figures presented by the RSA indicated that the number of pedestrians killed in 2022 (41, ...

Property prices in Co Monaghan have fallen by €17,500 during the last quarter, according to the latest MyHome.ie Property Price Report. The report for Quarter 4 2022, in association with Davy, shows that the median or middle asking price for a property in the county is now €177,500. However, Monaghan property prices have still risen by €2,500 when compared with the same period last year. There were 118 properties for sale in the county at the end of Quarter 4 2022 – a decrease of 4% over the quarter. Asking ...

A Status Orange low temperature and ice warning was in effect for Co Monaghan today (Thursday) as the cold snap which has gripped the county and country for the past week was forecast to continue into the weekend. temperatures could dip as low as -11 Celsius in some parts of the country, Met Éireann forecasters cautioned, warning of the danger of severe frost and ice. lows of -5 C have been forecast for Monaghan in the Status orange alert, which continues until noon on friday. Met Éireann said that there ...