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Over €5,334,000 in funding to expand early learning and childcare services across Cavan and Monaghan, part of a national €25 million investment under the Building Blocks Extension Scheme, was announced this week. The scheme supports existing early learning and childcare providers, both community and private, to extend their facilities or even develop new premises, with the goal of creating 1,500 new childcare places nationwide. Clones Community Childcare will receive €366,382 creating 20 new places. Newbliss Childcare Services Ltd will receive €500,000 creating 22 new places. Inis Óg Childcare will receive ...

COLM SHALVEY A storming start set Monaghan up for a high-scoring win over Antrim in the Ulster MFC qualifiers in Clones on Saturday. Kevin Nolan’s side raced out of the blocks, racking up 2-8 (plus another disallowed goal) by the time Antrim even managed a shot at the posts. Antrim went on to kick six two-pointers from the superb Odhrán Doherty to put a better look on the scoreboard, but Tristan Nugent netted a hat- trick in a rampant Monaghan attack, where James Ennis and Harry McQuillan hit 13 points between ...

The Newbaze plant in Carrickmacross has been put up for sale by the company, it emerged this week. The information was communicated to the members of the Carrickmacross- Castleblayney Municipal District at their meeting on Tuesday in correspondence from Cavan/Monaghan TD and Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise Niamh Smyth. “An agent has been appointed to support the sale process,” the Minister of State said. “Enterprise Ireland have been supporting the company and the potential sale of the plant by making enquiries with, and facilitating introductions to, potential ...

Brendan Jenkins from Clones has been elected President of the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU). A long-standing member of Clones Credit Union, which he joined nearly 40 years ago, he first served as Director of the credit union for 11 years, before serving as Manager/CEO until his retirement in June 2024. Mr Jenkins will now serve a two-year term as president of the representative group for credit unions across the island of Ireland. Across the island of Ireland, the ILCU represents 247 credit in over 500 locations, serving more ...

Monaghan County Council has announced public consultation opportunities at the commencement of the preparation of a 10-year Master Plan for Lough Muckno and Environs, Castleblayney. There are a number of opportunities for the public to get involved and shape this master plan, which will provide a blueprint for the future development of Lough Muckno and its environs over the next 10 years. “Lough Muckno is a wonderful resource, firstly for the people of Castleblayney, while there are remarkable opportunities to create a very attractive tourism offer,” commented Robert Burns, Chief ...

MAITIU MONAGHAN The first time I met Aaron McKenna, was in a Largy College changing room in 2013 for u14 football trials. Then only a mischievous, gangly teenager, the Smithborough man was a ball of energy. He was never not scheming, joking, or generally acting the maggot. He has as much interest in the Largy College u14 football team as I had in marking him during the trials. At 13 years old, it was impossible to see the intense focus this care free kid had. It’s been well documented how the ...

The Ulster Council of the GAA has confirmed that the Ulster Senior Football Final between Donegal and Armagh will be played at St Tiernach’s Park in Clones on Saturday May 10. The game will have a 5.25 throw-in and will be part of a doubler header, with the curtain raiser the ladies provincial final which will also be contested by Donegal and Armagh and will commence at 2.30. There had been speculation that the match could be switched to Croke Park and the Ulster Council announcement was greeted with widespread ...

An EU national from Romania in his late twenties, appeared before Monday’s sitting of Monaghan District Court charged with offences under the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act, 1990, relating to possession of a knife in a public place and an offence under the Public Order Act . The court heard that David Covaciu, who has been living in Carrickmacross for a considerable number of years, was seen wielding a knife in a threatening manner on Main Street, Carrickmacross on Sunday and that the incident was captured by mobile phone footage ...

A call was made at Tuesday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District for tighter policing and stricter regulation of the use of e-scooters and e-bikes in Monaghan Town after an elderly lady was the victim of a hit and run incident involving one of the vehicles. Giving vent to concerns that have been building in the town for a considerable time, Fine Gael local public representative Pauric Clerkin proposed that the Municipal District write to Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan TD and Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien TD seeking clarity ...

Colm Shalvey Monaghan manager Gabriel Bannigan struggled to conceal his frustration at the conclusion to Sunday’s Ulster SFC loss to Donegal “Ryan O’Toole was ready to take the line ball, and the hooter went. Ryan took the line ball and then the game was blown. Our understanding was that when the hooter went after the ball went out was that we had that play – but I could be wrong on that, we could all be wrong on that and I haven’t got clarification on that.” Bannigan also had an issue with ...