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RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta will broadcast a special programme about Ógie Ó Dufaigh as part of its Christmas schedule this year, on Monday 3 January at 11 am. Ógie died tragically in a car accident in July 2021, hours after captaining the Under 20s Monaghan team to victory in the Ulster football final. In the programme Ógie on January 3rd, his father Brendan speaks to RnaG broadcaster Michelle Nic Grianna about his son. Brendan shares the heartbreaking story of that day, which went from the elation of the U20 win, ...

Pictured are some of the group that completed 5k a day for 19 days in aid of the LA519 Suicide prevention charity, with Barry Aughey from LA519, when they completed their last 5k on 19th Dec at Rossmore Park, having raised in excess of €2,000 for the charity. The group undertook to complete a 5k each day to raise funds and awareness of the charity, with some of the group having undertake the QPR training that LA519 are rolling out in the county, to help with suicide prevention within the ...

COLM SHALVEY As we face into a second Christmas with Covidenforced restrictions, the usual schedule of charity fundraisers and gettogethers has inevitably been impacted, although several events are set to proceed, some on a virtual basis. The traditional festive season charity matches, runs, walks and swims may not be allowed to go ahead in their usual guises, although some events will proceed on a ‘virtual’ basis. This year’s Goal Mile is set to go ahead at three Co Monaghan venues on St. Stephen’s Day: Carrick aces Running Track, Carrickmacross (11am); latton ...

Colm Shalvey reports Monaghan lGFa star Ciara Mcanespie has announced her retirement from inter-county football after a decade and a half of service. The pacy emyvale forward was a key player for Monaghan through the years, earning three all-Star awards in 2009, 2011 and 2016. Part of a family steeped in the Gaa, Ciara followed in the footsteps of her mother Brenda by representing club and county, taking another national title home when emyvale won the all-ireland Club iFC in 2008. Ciara, whose twin sister aoife was an ulster all-Star last ...

The Friends of Lough Muckno group has expressed strong reservations about the development strategy being pursued by Monaghan Co Council in relation to the Castleblayney amenity. The group has issued an open letter to the local authority outlining its concerns. The letter is in response to last week’s decision by the Co Council to commission a further feasibility study on development options for the Lough Muckno area and the Hope Castle and Annex buildings. The group, which has put forward its own development “vision” for the amenity, has called on ...

The brother of one of the ‘disappeared’ has made an impassioned appeal to Sinn Féin politicians on an Oireachtas committee to go to the highest levels of the party to get the information needed to locate the remains and allow for a Christian burial. Oliver McVeigh from Donaghmore, Co. Tyrone, brother of Columba McVeigh, made emotional interventions at the Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement last Thursday. He directed his comments (via a video link) to the Sinn Féin MP for West Tyrone, Órlflaith Begley, Sinn ...

JPC told of first steps to provide crisis accommodation in Co Monaghan Siobhán McKenna of the Monaghanbased Tearmann Domestic Abuse Service told Tuesday’s meeting of the Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee that her organisation anticipated a rise in incidents of domestic violence over the coming Christmas and New Year holiday period. A debate on domestic violence, described as a national “epidemic” by Ms McKenna, heard repeated reassurances to victims that support was on hand for them in the local community from the Gardaí, the local authority, and local advice, advocacy and ...

• Professional boxing brothers in arms Aaron and Stevie McKenna visited Monaghan’s Beech Hill College this week to speak to students about their experience of life in the pro fight game. Aaron brought along the WBC Youth World Welterweight title belt he won on Friday in a unanimous decision at Crystal Palace over Carlos Gallego, with the 22-year-old ‘Silencer’ awarded all eight rounds by the three ringside judges. It was Aaron’s 14th professional victory in a row. On the same card older brother Stevie (24) dispatched English challenger Jack Ewbank ...

An attempt has failed to have a report made public which campaigners for the truth about the 1974 bombings in Dublin and Monaghan believe could shed light on those responsible for the atrocity. The British Information Tribunal decision on a freedom of information application made by media outlet DeclassifiedUK was made in August but only came to light last week. The application concerned a report drawn up by a former MI5 director, Jack Morton, as part of a review of the organisation, staffing and equipment of the RUC Special Branch ...

Michael Fisher Agriculture Ministers from both sides of the border have held a discussion in what’s believed to be the worst ever outbreak of avian flu in both jurisdictions. Speaking after the online meeting, Minister Poots said: “A number of poultry houses have been affected in both Northern Ireland and the Republic. The disease control zones required around the two infected premises in County Monaghan, and the case in County Cavan, extend into Northern Ireland” (Armagh and Fermanagh respectively). “My Department (DAERA) worked closely with the Department of Agriculture, Food ...