Articles in the General News Category

Peter Hughes The ESB will seek to enforce statutory powers of access under the Electricity (Supply) Act in order to constru ct the North South electricity interconnector in cases where landowners do not give permission for entrance onto their property, EirGrid’s Chief Executive Mark Foley has told the members of Monaghan County Council. In correspondence to the Council circulated at the local authority’s monthly meeting on Monday, Mr Foley supplied answers to a number of questions put to him by the members of the Council in relation to aspects of ...

A total of €200,000 in funding for works to the Rossmore Mausoleum in Rossmore Park, Monaghan was announced this week under the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage’s Historic Structures Fund. Grants of €100,000 in each of the years 2022 and 2023 have been assigned for repairs to the mausoleum’s terracotta-tiled roof, door, step, floor tiles and ironwork, while repointing of walls and interior brickwork will also take place. Monaghan Co Council was also successful in a funding application for the Holy Trinity Church at Carson, Dartrey, Rockcorry, which ...

Monaghan Co Museum is part of a new inclusivity initiative being implemented by the Local Authority Museums Network (LAMN) through their 2022-2026 strategy. The strategy includes working with the NCBI to use new cutting-edge technology to provide a more engaging local authority museums experience for the quarter of a million people in Ireland that are blind or visually impaired. The network also announced, as part of their ongoing partnership with the National Museum of Ireland, plans to bring the Rainbow Revolutions exhibition throughout the country. This important exhibit, which was ...

On Saturday March 26 the BNI Rossmore Chapter, a business networking group based in Monaghan, held a 5 km challenge to raise funds for two very worthy causes: SOSAD and the David Cassidy fund. David, who is from Clones and now living in New York, suffered life-changing injuries in an accident last December. His resilience as he undergoes rehabilitation is an inspiration to all who come into contact with him. Chapter members, friends and families gathered in Rossmore Forest Park to walk and run the 5 km route. The sun ...

M&M News Service The British soldier who fired the fatal shot which killed Aidan McAnespie at a security checkpoint at Aughnacloy 34 years ago let out “a shrill… a high pitched sound” immediately afterwards, his trial in Belfast has been told. A fellow Guardsman on duty with the then 18-year-old David Jonathan Holden said he first heard a burst of automatic fire before finding the accused standing with “his hand on the butt of the machine gun looking very shocked.” Mr McAnespie, who worked at Monaghan Poultry Products, died from ...

A man in his 20s has been arrested and charged following the discovery of a suspected cannabis growhouse in Monaghan Town on Sunday last. The discovery was made by Gardaí during a search of property in the town. A growing facility was found constructed within the building containing a large quantity of suspected cannabis plants. Garda investigations are continuing. The man arrested is due to appear in court.

Michael Fisher A new book by a leading historian from Co. Monaghan on the history of the Big House in Ireland during the time of the Great War and the Irish Revolution has been launched in Dublin by the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin TD, a native of Carrickmacross. It coincided with the opening of an exhibition on ‘Burning the Big House: The Story of the Irish Country House in Revolution, 1920-1923’, curated by Professor Terence Dooley, Director of the Centre for the Study ...

Emergency services dealt with an incident on the Coolshannagh roundabout in Monaghan Town on Tuesday when a transport lorry carrying a consignment of pigs overturned. The single-vehicle incident occurred just before 9 am and resulted in some traffic disruption in the area. The road was closed for a number of hours and diversions were in place to facilitate the removal of the vehicle. The driver was safely removed from the lorry by Monaghan Fire and Civil Protection personnel.

Enterprising Monaghan (EM) are looking forward to opening their new remote working Digi:Hub. EM is a social enterprise where their focus is to provide affordable work space and hot desk solutions throughout the county. A Digi:Hub is a space that has been designed to accommodate workers who want to rent a space for a day, a week, a month or a year. A key innovation in this development is the need to address a Digi:Hub that will enhance creativity, performance, and productivity in the workplace by promoting mental health and ...

Northern Standard reporter Michael Fisher is undertaking a “Climb with Charlie” fundraising walk on Saturday 2nd April traversing the wellknown 6.5km Rock Walk in Sliabh Beagh. He invites you to join him starting at the car park opposite the path to the Poll an Aifrinn Mass rock at Knockballyroney, starting at 10am. He has set up an online iDonate “Climb with Charlie” fundraising page in support of his former colleague in RTE News, Charlie Bird, whom he met again recently at a book launch in Belfast. All funds raised will ...