Articles in the General News Category

Co Monaghan has been caught up in the spontaneous outpouring of grief, and urgent calls for action to counter violence against women, which consumed the nation following the killing of 23-year-old Irish primary school teacher Ashling Murphy on Wednesday January 12 last. A noted traditional Irish musician, Ms Murphy died after being attacked while exercising at the Grand Canal in Cappincur near Tullamore in Co Offaly and was pronounced dead at the scene from her injuries. An intensive Garda investigation of the crime was conducted in the days that followed. ...

Diamonds are forever for the Miss Ireland Organisation as this year marks its 75th Jubilee of the competition with plans for the largest and most spectacular show this summer. The search has officially begun for Miss Monaghan 2022. The winner of Miss Ireland 2021, Pamela Uba (26), captured the hearts of the nation with her incredible story and has featured prominently in the Irish media with captivating interviews and also made waves internationally having appeared on TV Shows in Los Angeles, London, Johannesburg and even featured in the New York ...

Michael Fisher Building Bridges is the title of a new exhibition opening in Dublin on Saturday week involving collaboration between and Irish artist, Nelius Flynn from Emyvale, and a Chinese artist, Jie Leng Chambers. She is originally from Beijing and now lives in Cork. The event is being staged as part of the celebrations for the Lunar New Year. The exhibition is intended to foster a greater understanding of Chinese and Irish culture and the connections between both countries. Both artists are endeavouring to create metaphorical bridges between these two ...

Monaghan saw a 34% rise in the number of job opportunities offered 2021 and further growth is expected in the coming year, according to new figures released by leading Irish recruitment company, FRS Recruitment. A media release stated: The recovery in employment was felt throughout the economy last year, but Monaghan was one of the counties to experience a strong increase. Nationally FRS Recruitment saw the total number of job postings handled grow by 12%, reaching 81,528 in total for 2021. Across the economy, the rise in openings was cross ...

• Carrick has county’s highest house prices, GeoDirectory report states The latest GeoDirectory Residential Buildings Report has found that 297 new residential address points were added to the GeoDirectory database in 2021 in Monaghan, while a further 462 residential buildings were under construction in the county in Q4 2021. The report, published by GeoDirectory and prepared by EY, found that the number of new residential address points added to the GeoDirectory database nationally in 2021 fell by 17.4% compared to the previous year. In total 18,047 new address points were recorded ...

Senator Robbie Gallagher has called for a new campaign to alert people of the ongoing theft of valuable metals and particularly the copper in telephone wires. Senator Gallagher was speaking after the remaining carcass of stripped wires was found dumped in Clonbarton, Drumconrath bog in North Meath. “It is possible that thieves targeting areas in Monaghan and Meath brought the stolen wires to this area in order to strip out the valuable copper wire. Theft of phone wires has serious consequences for local communities. Apart from the environmental damage done, ...

Pieta – Ireland’s national suicide prevention charity – has partnered with Sam’s Barbers to drive awareness of their ‘Signs of suicide’ campaign. The campaign encourages people to ‘swap the small talk for the big talk’ as over half of Pieta’s clients are under 25 years old. A media release stated: Many young men have great relationships with their barbers and consider this a safe space to open up and talk freely. Pieta has, therefore, partnered with Sam’s Barbers to help reach young men in a space where are comfortable talking ...

COLM SHALVEY Monaghan’s senior men have now drawn more than half of their last 13 competitive games, with seven of those finishing level after 70 minutes. That run goes back to just after the lengthy 2020 shutdown, which was followed by draws against Meath and Cavan. Further stalemates followed against Donegal, Tyrone and Galway in 2021, while two of the first three games of 2022 have finished level, away to Derry and Armagh. Two of those games were decided by extra-time (the loss to Cavan and the win over Galway), but ...

LGFA JACK MADDEN Who knows when the inside GAA world was first sworn to secrecy? From the outside there is so little to hide, but still for the majority of us, it remains hidden. Out of touch. You can’t help but feel the inside of a dressing room has all the drama of a battlefield. You creep up, peak through the door, and then inside everything freezes like a “Toy Story” scene, stunned by even the slightest level of human interaction. A fear of exposure. And yet, every so often, someone different ...

‘Blayney reporter’s life and work generate multitude of tributes By Peter Hughes The Northern Standard, the community of Castleblayney, and the Border region and national theatres of journalism, lost an essential personality on Thursday, January 6 last with the passing at the age of 82 of Patrick J McArdle, Knockagolis. Patsy, as he was universally known, had been a full-time member of the reporting staff of this newspaper for over 40 years and was one of the most prominent and respected members of his profession in the Border counties and nationally. ...