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Monaghan’s county councillors were paid over €1.5 million during 2008 and 2009, according to the latest exposé on monies being paid to local authority members around the country. According to figures published in last Thursday’s Irish Independent, documenting payments to councillors in the Connacht/Ulster region during 2008 and ’09 (which includes a mix of current councillors and those who were on the authority prior to the June 2009 local elections), the former North Monaghan based Fine Gael representative Pat McKenna received the highest amount, coming to €101,592 over the two years. ...

ALL SUBMISSIONS WILL BE STUDIED, DIRECTOR OF SERVICES AFFIRMS A senior official with Monaghan Co Council has this week sought to allay growing public concerns at proposals for the N2 Clontibret – Border Road Re-alignment Project, and to give assurances that all representations submitted by members of the public on the issue will be taken very seriously. Mr David Fallon, Director of Services for Roads, Environment and Emergency Services with Monaghan Co Council, told the Northern Standard that the council wishes to be “as open as possible” and is keen to receive ...

Monaghan people around the world will be able to watch Sunday’s episcopal ordination of Monsignor Liam MacDaid as the new Catholic Bishop of Clogher. The ceremony in St Macartan’s Cathedral will be webcast on the Clogher Diocese website, www.clogherdiocese.ie Nine hundred guests from throughout the sprawling diocese – which encompasses Co Monaghan and parts of Donegal, Fermanagh, Tyrone and Louth – will be present in the cathedral to see the new Bishop installed as successor to Dr Joseph Duffy. A further 200 will be able to watch a live transmission of ...

A delegation from Monaghan Chamber of Commerce attended Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council to solicit the authority’s support for an ambitious economic development strategy programme which envisages the creation of 3,500 jobs over the next seven years. Outlined by Chamber Secretary Riona Carroll, the Chamber action plan – which is elaborated in a comprehensive strategy document, “Monaghan – A Place to Live, Work and Invest” – presents a positive diagnosis of the county’s ability to regenerate its economy. Monaghan Chamber President Gordon Fleming told the councillors that they were looking at ...

IT has emerged following the adjournment of the An Bord Pleanala oral hearing on Monday that EirGrid has withdrawn its current application for the cross-border 400 kv Interconnector Development. But the company has also indicated that it will submit a new application in respect of the development “in the near future”. The move, reported yesterday (Wednesday) has been taken in the wake of the discovery of an error in the details of the height of the proposed pylons published in its planning application notices, and the subject ...