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Michael Fisher Covid has continued to spread in Co. Monaghan over Christmas and the New Year holiday period and as the schools are about to open again after the holidays. Latest available figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre issued in Christmas Eve are for the fourteen day period up until midnight on 23rd December. They show that Monaghan has gone up to ninth in the table of 26 counties with 805 new cases (+150) and an incidence rate of 1311.4 compared to 1067 the previous week. The overall incidence ...

BUT POULTRY PRODUCERS URGED TO REMAIN VIGILANT Michael Fisher The Department of Agriculture says there have been no further outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza strain H5N1 in the Monaghan and Cavan area since 18th December. However, wild bird mortalities continue to be reported across eleven different counties. There remains a significant risk of further outbreaks in poultry and captive wild birds. The Department says it is essential to continue to implement biosecurity measures on all holdings. There were five outbreaks in commercial poultry flocks in Co. Monaghan since 20th ...

Michael Fisher A Clones man is currently undergoing specialist treatment in hospital following a serious accident at a New York subway station a month ago in which he lost both his legs. David Cassidy, aged 33, is a former student of St Macartan’s College in Monaghan and NUI Galway. He went to live in Woodside in the Queen’s area eight years ago and works as a project manager for a construction company. His family has now set up a GoFundMe appeal in order to raise up to €250,000 for his ...

Funding of over €732,000 to facilitate the further development of the Lough Egish Food Park in central Co Monaghan was announced by Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD and Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys today, Thursday. Minister Humphreys expressed the hope that the funding – under the RRDF or Rural Regeneration Development Fund – would be a significant driver for job creation in the Lough Egish and wider area. Minister Humphreys also announced a €330,760 investment in Carrickmacross, to aid the development of a new community hub, youth centre, ...

The latest Anti-Litter League table published by the IBAL or Irish Businesses Against Litter organisation this week showed a significant improvement in ranking by Monaghan Town, which has risen to 12th place on the table and is ranked as “clean to European norms”. Naas took IBAL’s cleanest Irish town title for 2021 in an end-of-year survey which concluded that litter levels are on the rise nationally with the problem being most evident in the country’s cities. The latest IBAL report highlights the growing problem of discarded PPE or Personal Protective ...

RSA figures show lowest number of deaths nationally since records began While the number of road fatalities recorded in Co Monaghan in 2021 was an increase on the previous year, the Road Safety Authority said this week that the number of deaths on the road nationally last year was the lowest annual figure since records began to be compiled in 1959. Five people lost their lives on the roads in Co Monaghan in 2021, compared to three fatalities recorded in 2020. The five deaths recorded on Co Cavan roads last year ...

Interested in a career in film or television? Or do you want to take the next step in your emerging or established profession? The National Talent Academy for Film & Television (Academy) has launched three new opportunities for creative talent who want to develop a career in television or feature films. The focus on regional creative talent for these opportunities means the Academy is making individual calls to creatives in counties across the country – including Monaghan. All three initiatives are free and aimed at those new to the sector ...

Speaking on the recent 49th anniversary of the Belturbet bombing, Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan/Monaghan Brendan Smith repeated his call for a full and comprehensive investigation into the Belturbet bombing which caused the deaths of two teenagers, Geraldine O’Reilly and Patrick Stanley. “At my request, the Taoiseach has raised this very important issue with the British Government on the need to address our ongoing request for a full and comprehensive investigation,” Deputy Smith stated. “We need answers and the very least the O’Reilly and Stanley families deserve is the truth, ...

COLM SHALVEY REPORTS Monaghan will start their 2022 Allianz NFL campaign with a derby against All-Ireland champions Tyrone in Omagh on the last Sunday in January. Monaghan’s eighth consecutive spring in Division One, with the league set to return to a full sevengame series, will begin with a repeat of the 2021 Ulster SFC Final. Three of Monaghan’s four away games are against Ulster rivals, with Séamus McEnaney’s side also set to travel to Armagh (February 19) and Ballybofey to face Donegal (March 13). The latter is the first part of ...

COLM SHALVEY The long-delayed official launch of All Boro Floor Services, New York as Monaghan GAA’s main sponsor took place late last month. All Boro have been the county’s main sponsor since October 2020, replacing Investec, but the sponsorship launch had long been postponed due to Covid-19 restrictions until it finally went ahead on December 27 with a small gathering in the Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan Town. It was an emotional night for the family of the late Philip Traynor, who sadly passed away suddenly last July. Philip’s children Courtney, Ryan, ...