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But Chief Executive will meet anti-pylon campaigners over north south interconnector Michael Fisher EirGrid boss Mark Foley has said there is no viable alternative to constructing the planned North South interconnector as an overhead high voltage line with 400 pylons. Speaking to Monaghan Councillors after making an online presentation about the company’s future plans for the grid to meet targets for renewable energy, he spelt out the reasons why an underground cable would not be possible because of the length involved. He also explained that the interconnector running from Meath through ...

A motorcyclist from Co Donegal sustained fatal injuries when his vehicle struck a roundabout in the Castleblayney area on Saturday afternoon last. Patrick McKinley, from Letterkenny, who was in his 40s, died after his motorcycle collided with the Drumcrew roundabout at the junction of the N2 and N52 near Tullyvin at around 5.10 pm. Mr McGinley was pronounced dead at the scene. His body was taken to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda for a post mortem examination. The road was closed for a period to facilitate a Garda ...

Chief Executive Insists an Overhead Line is the Only Alternative Michael Fisher EirGrid boss Mark Foley has agreed to meet next week with representatives of antipylon groups from Monaghan, Cavan and Meath to discuss the North South interconnector plans. However after a ninety minute interaction online with Monaghan Councillors, the company’s Chief Executive insisted that there is no viable alternative to constructing the project except as an overhead high voltage alternating current line with 400 pylons. Mr Foley and another executive Michael Mahon initially spoke about the company’s future plans for ...

Monaghan GAA has suspended senior football manager Seamus McEnaney for 12 weeks in the wake of revelations on Thursday last that the Monaghan team held a training session at Corduff in March in breach of Covid- 19 guidelines. It was reported that the Department of Justice had received an anonymous communication in relation to the training session and was supplied with footage allegedly showing players breaching Covid restrictions by taking part in collective training. The Gardaí confirmed that they were carrying out an investigation into the matter. A statement from ...

Michael Fisher Landowners, farmers and residents throughout Monaghan, Cavan and Meath are “up in arms” according to an antipylon group about the way EirGrid has plugged in its plans for the North South interconnector during the year-long pandemic, as reported exclusively by this paper last week. The major infrastructure project involves an overhead high voltage electricity line with 300 pylons in the three counties and 100 more north of the border in Co. Armagh and a small part of Tyrone at Turleenan near The Moy. The public’s anger over the ...

BUT FURTHER RATES SUPPORT VITAL FOR COVID-19 RECOVERY SAY CO COUNCILLORS Co Monaghan has led the country in the effectiveness of the implementation of the Restart Grant initiative to aid businesses impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council was told. Head of Finance John Murray said that the grant initiative had worked out very well in Co Monaghan with €9.3 million going to the businesses in the county. While councillors welcomed the success of the scheme, they united in calling for an extension of rates support measures ...

Construction of North South Interconnector Set for November Michael Fisher If you had seen the headline above a week ago, you might have thought it was an April Fool’s stunt. But it is a reality. EirGrid has been working behind the scenes during the pandemic to bring its plans to fruition (approved in December 2016 by An Bord Pleanála) for an overhead high voltage electricity line and 400 pylons across five counties including Monaghan. The only hitch could come north of the border where a legal challenge to the planning permission ...

A palpable sense of Monaghan Credit Union preparing itself for the post-pandemic period of renewed economic and personal savings and investment activity was discernible at the Annual General Meeting of the organisation held online on Monday March 29 last – the first time an AGM was held in the virtual realm, a decision necessitated by the prevailing Covid-19 public health requirements. Members who linked in learned that the Credit Union was preparing to launch a new current account and debit card service in the summer. Expenses in relation to the ...

Poultry producers from Co Monaghan have joined with colleagues in counties Cavan, Louth and Meath to provide major support for a project in Cambodia which is providing a lifeline to local children. Through the An Sicín Coop, the poultry men are aiding a chicken rearing project established at a Cambodian school. Co-op Chairman Pat Mc- Cormick became aware of the school-based project after hearing a podcast of an interview on Northern Sound radio. Carrickmacross-based retired teachers Dave Phelan and his wife Niamh Boylan have been teaching teachers for over three ...

AMENITY GETS €276,385 FOR MAJOR UPGRADE Hollywood Forest Park in North Monaghan is set for a major upgrade of its amenities following Monday’s announcement by Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys TD of an allocation of €276,385 from her Department’s Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme. The monies will fund the provision of a quality freshwater bathing site and the upgrading of walks, picnic and seating areas, changing facilities, toilets and fishing stands. “Also included is the creation of a strong identity for the amenity and signposting throughout the site,” Minister ...