Articles in the Glaslough Category

On Sunday last 08th March Glaslough Harriers hosted their annual road races. After a shaky start the weather played its part in helping to make the event a great success and enjoyable day was had by all. There was a fantastic turnout both for junior and senior races. For some of our younger athletes who train in the Oakland Centre this was their first road race and they did themselves and their coaches proud. The special needs race was won by our very own Padraig Kelly followed by John Molloy. Our juvenile ...

By David Keelaghan Family and friends of James Finnegan have reacted with shock to the tragic news of his death this past Sunday, December 7th in the city of Gwangju, South Korea. From Tiravera, Glaslough, his death occurred shortly after 11:53 pm Korean time after he was struck by a taxi while attempting to cross the road close to his home in Gwangju. He was 27 years old. James had been working in the Southwestern Korean city since February of this year as an English Second Language teacher. Teaching kindergarten and elementary ...

Sunday saw local Glaslough Harrier Conor Duffy cap a great week when he won the fourth running of the Mc Mahons Supervalu 5K in Castleblayney , earlier in the week Conor had been chosen  to represent Ireland at the 21st SPAR European Cross Country Championships which takes place in Samokov, Bulgaria on Sunday December 14th. The race which is fast becoming one of the best races in the North East was packed with a quality field with thirty five clubs been represented on the day as well as a host of ...

On Sunday night last in the Pillar House Hotel in Glaslough local man Paudge Colleran was crowned “Mayor of Glaslough” after an eight month fundraising effort which saw in excess of €32,000 raised for much needed improvement works at Glaslough National school. Back in February five local people put themselves forward to battle it out the for the title of Lord Mayor of Glaslough and raise funds to develop carparking facilities and the provision of a playing field at St Mary’s National School. MC on the night Kieran Duffy from St ...

Gardai in Monaghan recorded a significant success in their efforts to thwart the supply of illegal drugs when cannabis plants worth about €40,000 were found at a property in the Glaslough area on Friday last. The illicit substance was being cultivated in a specially adapted garage on the property of a house in the area, after a search warrant had been obtained as part of an ongoing operation, Superintendent Noel Cunningham told the Northern Standard. One man of Irish nationality was arrested following the seizure, and is expected ...

The Tommy Bowe Challenge 2012 was launched last Monday night at the Four Seasons Hotel. A great crowd turned out to support the team who will kayak the Shannon Erne waterway from Kilaloe to Monaghan this April. Tommy Bowe launched the challenge showing his support for the team and the great efforts being made in this fundraiser for the Glaslough Harriers AC. Tommy spoke with great respect for the Harriers as a club and in particular head coach, Noel Kennedy, he spoke of fond memories and friendships that he made during his ...

By Cianna McNally A MONAGHAN  woman has warned the public to be wary of an Internet scam after she became a victim of hackers. Azelia Jackson is a professional freelance make-up artist and runs her own school of make-up in Glaslough. She conducts much of her business through email and on Monday last, 28th November, she received a number of emails claiming to be from Yahoo accounts department asking her to verify her email address by responding with her password. The email stated that this needed to be done due ...

THE community and voluntary sector in Co Monaghan got some much-needed good news on Saturday night last as word filtered back from the ‘Pride of Place’ Gala Awards ceremony in Gorey, Co Wexford that two of the county’s three entrants in this year’s competition had been awarded the runners-up spots in their respective categories. On Sunday morning, the communities of Glaslough and Inniskeen awoke to the news that their endeavours to improve their area had been recognised at the highest level. Glaslough received the ‘first runner up’ title and ...

Genmab, a leading international biotechnology company focused on developing fully human antibody therapeutics for the potential treatment of cancer checked out of Castle Leslie Estate earlier this week after a 3 day prestigious event. Genmab’s world class discovery and development teams are using cutting-edge technology to create and develop products to address unmet medical needs. Prof. Jan Van De Winkle, PHD President and CEO and his team of 150 people immersed themselves at Castle Leslie Estate for 3 days of business and a little pleasure! The 150 delegates came from all ...

By Aaron Mc Nicholas Glaslough has been named the County Monaghan winner in the 2011 National Tidy Towns Competition. The picturesque North Monaghan village has repeatedly been a contender in the competition and claimed the National Title in 1978. This year it was awarded 294 marks out of 400, scoring particularly well in areas such as Overall Development Approach and Built Environment. The village will receive an award of €1,000.  The Tidy Towns’ adjudicator commented that Glaslough was “delight to explore” and remarked that the works at the Caledon/Emyvale junction are first class. Trevor ...