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Monaghan Co Council has refused a planning application by Cignal Infrastructure Limited to construct a telecommunications tower on Coillte land in the area of Rossmore Forest Park in Monaghan Town. Cignal lodged the application with the local authority in March, stating that the mast was necessary to address mobile phone coverage blackspots. The plan provoked considerable opposition in the local community and among users of the Rossmore amenity, which was recently declared by Coillte as the second most visited public forest in the country. The Co Council announced their refusal ...

This evocative image of “Driver Joe” was taken at Monaghan Railway Station on December 19 1959, just 12 days before the closure of the railway route. The passenger train pictured was the last one to use the line. The railway had been officially closed to passengers in 1957 although periodic “specials”, such as those bringing supporters to GAA matches, continued to operate for a time. The picture, from the National Library of Ireland archives, is featured in the book Old Ireland in Colour 2, which has just been published. The ...

Co Monaghan’s vital mushroom and poultry production sectors are facing a serious threat because of labour shortages, Cavan/Monaghan Fianna Fáil Senator Robbie Gallagher said this week. Senator Gallagher raised the issue in the Seanad this week with Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment Damien English TD. He told the Minister of State that the labour shortage facing the mushroom industry had reached “crisis levels” and was continuing to deteriorate on a monthly basis. An increase in imported labour was also vital for Co Monaghan poultry ...

Michael Fisher EirGrid has set out its plans to deal with electricity generation shortages that could potentially lead to blackouts this winter. The company says the controversial North South interconnector is currently expected to be commissioned during 2025 and become available for its first full year of operation in 2026. The Commission for Regulation of Utilities, in response to EirGrid’s plan, said it was essential that the North- South Interconnector is progressed, to provide greater all-island resilience. LANDOWNER OPPOSITION The project involving a 400kV overhead line with 400 pylons was ...

A renewed appeal by Garda to the Co Monaghan public to protect themselves against online scams was made this week as the Gardaí’s National Economic Crime Bureau revealed that there had been an extraordinary increase in the incidence of online investment fraud over the past year. In the first seven months of 2021 alone, nearly €8 million was fraudulently taken from people through online fraud schemes. “We want to remind people that anyone who rings, texts or emails you out of the blue and requests personal information such as bank ...

Minister for Justice Heather Humphreys TD has paid tribute to the late Judge Denis McLoughlin as “a consistent example of our judiciary at its compassionate and considered best.” Judge McLoughlin’s sudden death on Thursday, September 23 last at the age of 62 evinced great shock and sorrow in legal and wider circles in Co Monaghan. He had served as the permanent District Court Judge for the District Court No 5 area of Monaghan and Cavan since 2015, taking up the position following the retirement of Judge Seán MacBride. A native ...

Family members of those killed in the 1974 Dublin and Monaghan bombing were among the large gathering at the forecourt of Monaghan Courthouse on Saturday afternoon last in support of the Time for Truth campaign which is opposed to proposals by the British Government which would see an effective amnesty for those responsible for serious criminal acts during the period of the Northern Ireland Troubles. The Monaghan event was one of a series which took place across the country at the weekend. It heard calls on the British Government to ...

Minister of State with responsibility for Public Health, Well Being and National Drugs Strategy, Frank Feighan TD on Tuesday officially launched Cavan and Monaghan’s first support service for under 18s who are concerned about their alcohol and other drug use. “Monaghan and Cavan Youth Substance Support (MaCYSS) is a newly established service for young people aged 12 to 18 and their families who are concerned about their alcohol and other drug use, and the first of its kind in the region,” Minister Feighan stated. “I am proud to be launching ...

Deputy Carthy stands over comments about Zappone appointment Michael Fisher Cavan Monaghan Sinn Féin Deputy Matt Carthy was at the centre of a major political row last week when he used Dáil privilege to accuse Higher Education Minister Simon Harris TD of leaking details to the media of the UN envoy appointment of Katherine Zappone from the July 28th Cabinet meeting. It came during a debate on a motion of confidence in Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney over his handling of the appointment. The government won the division by 92-59, a ...

Off-licences in Monaghan and across the Border region could be in for a major falloff in trade if the Government proceeds with plans to implement a minimum alcohol pricing policy. This was the fear voiced by Independent local public representative Seamus Treanor on Monday when he moved a motion at the monthly meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District seeking representations to be made to the Department of Finance on the matter. Councillor Treanor asked the Municipal District to write to the Department about proposed legislation to bring in minimum pricing ...