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Colm Shalvey reports Carrickmacross Emmets Rounders team will line out in the Senior Men’s All-Ireland Final for the third year in a row this Sunday. Having seen off Cuchulainns from Carlow in last month’s All-Ireland semi-final, Carrickmacross will take on Erne Eagles for the second consecutive year at the GAA’s National Games Development Centre in Abbotstown, Dublin, at 4pm on Sunday. Carrick beat Glynn-Barntown from wexford in the 2020 decider, before losing out to Erne Eagles last year. The Cavan side have won three of the last four senior titles, with ...

Farney search for a manager continues COLM SHALVEY REPORTS The saga that is Monaghan’s search for a new senior football manager had another twist last week, with former Dublin defender Ger Brennan the latest front-runner to remove himself from contention. Brennan had reportedly been the favourite to end Monaghan’s lengthy pursuit of a replacement for Séamus McEnaney, but it appears that he will now remain with Moorefield, who exited the Kildare SFC late last month. It leaves Monaghan as one of three Division One counties yet to appoint a senior football manager ...

The implementation of the National Broadband Plan in Co Monaghan was recovering from the delays attendant to Covid-19 pandemic restrictions and was gathering pace, stated Chief Executive Officer of National Broadband Ireland T J Malone in a presentation to the members of Monaghan Co Council on Monday. “With Covid-19 we got off to a slow start but we have been making significant progress in recent months,” Mr Malone stated. Introducing the presentation, Co Council Cathaoirleach Councillor Seán Conlon said Mr Malone’s presence at the meeting had been requested primarily because ...

Supporting indigenous companies to create jobs and bolster economic development throughout the county was identified as a key priority by Fine Gael’s Peter Conlon when he took his seat as a new member of Monaghan Co Council on Monday. Councillor Conlon was coopted to fill the vacancy on the local authority created by the recent retirement of his mother Mary Kerr Conlon, who was present in the Chamber with husband Peter to see their son take up the position. Councillor Conlon’s aunt Geraldine and Monaghan Fine Gael officers Philip Kelly ...

LPT rate to remain at 15% after Co Council vote The Sinn Féin members of Monaghan Co Council were forced to robustly defend their annual opposition to the Local Property Tax when the fixing of the LPT rate to apply in Co Monaghan for 2023 came before Monday’s meeting of the local authority. Before a proposal to retain the 15% increase on the base LPT rate that has applied in the county most years since the tax was introduced was carried on a show of hands vote, Fianna Fáil and Fine ...

By Veronica Corr Monday was a big day for Carrick Rovers, as the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) rolled into town, to give the club its official seal of approval, the ‘FAI Club Mark 1 Star Award’, recognising Carrick Rovers as a Player Development Centre. Minister for Sport Catherine Martin visited her hometown for the event and she was accompanied by her husband Deputy Francis Noel Duffy, whom Carrick Rovers’ Chairperson David McSharry credited with having painted the original club crest. County native, Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather ...

COLM SHALVEY The Monaghan Senior, Intermediate and Junior Football Championships reach a crucial point of the group stage this weekend as teams vie for places in the knock-out rounds. Scotstown will be expected to make it back-to-back wins in Group One of the Greenfield Foods SFC when they travel to Aughnamullen on Saturday. The holders fell to a first championship defeat since the 2019 county final in their opener against Ballybay, but a strong finish last time out saw them get the better of previously-unbeaten Donaghmoyne. Ballybay can secure top spot ...

UP FOR IT: Castleblayney Hurling team captain Patrick Finnegan. (see report page 46) © PEADAR MCMAHON

The current challenges facing the priesthood in Ireland were addressed by Roman Catholic Bishop of Clogher Larry Duffy in a homily delivered last week during the Clogher Pilgrimage to Knock. Speaking at a Mass in the Basilica of Our Lady, Queen of Ireland, Bishop Duffy welcomed the preparation for the priesthood being undertaken by Stephen Sherry in the Clogher diocese. Noting that the numbers entering the religious life were much reduced from 30-50 years ago, Bishop Duffy stated: “We are facing significant changes, considering what we have been used to.” ...