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What was by common consent the most colourful and inclusive St Patrick’s Day Parade of recent times drew very large crowds to Monaghan Town on Monday afternoon for a communal celebration of the Feast of the National Apostle. Former Government Minister and TD for Cavan/Monaghan Heather Humphreys was grand marshal for the event, which featured four bands and a cavalcade of floats and entries reflective of North Monaghan’s economic activity, community diversity and sporting prowess, with some very inventive and artistic takes on the parade theme of Irish Legends. One ...

PETER HUGHES Co Monaghan will be represented in this year’s National Enterprise Awards by the Monaghan-Town based digital healthcare company Spryt. The business, which has developed an AI-based model to generate efficiencies and cost savings by reducing the number of missed hospital appointments, was announced as the overall winner of the Co Monaghan Enterprise Awards at a ceremony in the Four Seasons Hotel last Friday which concluded a busy programme of Local Enterprise Week actives organised by the Monaghan LEO or Local Enterprise Office and Monaghan Co Council. Spryt also ...

Our picture by Rory Geary shows a symbolic moment during the Mass of Thanksgiving held at St Macartan’s Cathedral in Monaghan Town on Sunday last to mark the departure of the St Louis Order of nuns after a 166-year association with education and healthcare in the local community. The flags held by members of the congregation were representative of the countries in which the order, founded in France in 1842 to promote Christian education for the young, had established itself over the course of its history. A capacity congregation, comprised ...

A plan to spend in the region of €6 million to develop 73 kilometres of cross-Border trails in the Sliabh Beagh heritage area of North Monaghan was unveiled this week as part of significant additional Government investment earmarked for the Shared Island initiative. A campaign to secure significant funding to put in place the elements of the Master Plan prepared for the development of the Sliabh Beagh area has been in train for a considerable time and this week’s announcement was welcomed across the local political and community development spectrum, ...

MAJOR INVESTMENT TO CREATE OVER 100 NEW JOBS AND BOOST LOCAL ECONOMY A consortium of investors, spearheaded by the McGettigan family, has announced the acquisition of the Nuremore Hotel & Golf Club in County Monaghan. The landmark hotel and golf resort is set to undergo a significant refurbishment, with plans to create over 100 new jobs, revitalize the surrounding area, and establish Nuremore as a premier destination for both local visitors and international tourists. With decades of expertise in the hospitality sector both in Ireland and abroad, the McGettigan family is ...

Warm memories of one of Monaghan Town’s leading businesswomen of the 1970s and 1980s were being shared across a wide area of the county this week after the passing on Friday, January 10 last of Anne Driver of Limegrove, Kilnacloy. Mrs Driver was a leading business figure in the town and a driving force behind the success of the Westenra Arms Hotel and subsequently the Lakeside Hotel, which she owned and managed in part – nership with her husband Peter. Under her astute steward – ship, the “West” became a ...

Castleblayney College was bursting with pride this week as it celebrated the outstanding success of students in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Transition Year twins Caoimhe and Hannah Quinn were awarded the prestigious Amgen Gold Partner Award with their project ‘Shading the Future – Analysing the Cellu- lar and Genetic Responses of Cellulose and DNA to Ultravi- olet Light’ . Second Year students Aoib- hín McDonald, Rhiannon McMahon and Zyon Muringayi received a Highly Commended award for their project ‘Bird Flu – Should we be worried or wing ...

By Veronica Corr Video Nasty is a comedy drama series produced by self-confessed “proud Tydavnet woman” Ailish McElmeel, co-founder of Dublin-based Deadpan Pictures, which last year celebrated its 10th birthday. Series one of the three, debuted on BBC One NI last night (Wednesday) and will air on BBC Three tonight, Thursday from 10pm with a the first two episodes. Virgin Media One will air one episode per week, starting on Monday, January 20th at 9pm. In line with the digital first approach, all six half- hour episodes will be on ...

Shane McGuirk from Aughnamullen carved himself a unique niche in the annals of Co Monaghan sporting achievement on Sunday when he became the first Irishman to win the WDF World Darts Championship. Known as The Arrow, the 29-year-old defeated veteran Paul Lin 6-3 in the final, which he had reached without dropping a set in any of the previous rounds. He had entered the competition unseeded. Shane surged to a four-set lead in the final but Lim fought back to make it 5-3 before The Arrow produced a nerveless 3-0 ...

Clones was the place to be on Friday evening last, when Minister Heather Humphreys, who was dubbed the ‘Minister for Money’ in her twin giving portfolios of Rural and Community Development and Social Protection, turned on the town’s Christmas lights. And for the season that’s in it, she joined forces with Santa, who traditionally comes bearing gifts! This year, Father Christmas traded in his sleigh for a boat and sailed into Clones Marina, making quite the entrance indeed! Minister Humphreys was in Clones to turn on the lights at the ...