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FILTRATION DEVICE FAILED AT ONE WELL SOME SUPERMARKET BRAND BOTTLES REMOVED AS ‘PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE’ Michael Fisher The Celtic Pure bottled water company in south Monaghan has moved swiftly to reassure customers and consumers after several batches of its product provided to chain stores had to be recalled last week on a recommendation from the Food Safety Authority of Ireland. The FSAI carried out an investigation after tests found that the level of arsenic in the water had exceeded legally acceptable levels. A statement from the Corcreagh based company said a mechanical failure ...

DAMAGE TO BRAGAN PICNIC AREA REPORTED TO GARDAÍ Michael Fisher Vandals who smashed up a picnic area near the penal cross at Sliabh Beagh last weekend have been strongly condemned by local Councillors. Cllr Cathy Bennett issued pictures of the damage which appear to show how a car was deliberately driven into a wooden fence and information signs. The picnic area and signage were upgraded earlier this year by Ballybay Clones Municipal District as part of a master plan for the development of Sliabh Beagh. Since the local elections in May, ...

CAMPAIGNERS CLAIM GOVERNMENT ‘COLLUDING IN A ROTTEN PROCESS” Michael Fisher A Anti-pylon campaigners opposed to EirGrid’s plans for an overhead high voltage line across five counties and with over 400 pylons have reacted angrily to the revelation by a government Minister that ESB Networks has awarded the contract for design, test and supply of the steelwork relating to the project. The North East Pylon Pressure Campaign said further questioning in the Dáil by Fianna Fáil Deputy Brendan Smith revealed that the government was in its opinion “colluding in a rotten process”. Deputy ...

Stone Panel Commemorated Two IRA Men Killed in Loughgall Attack Michael Fisher Mystery surrounds the complete removal on Monday night of an IRA memorial on the main road between Monaghan and Clogher at Drumfurrer, close to the border with Co. Tyrone. The operation appears to have been well planned and would probably have required some heavy equipment such as a digger and possibly a truck to take away the material. A number of trees that had been planted at the side of the memorial were cut down and the fencing, iron ...

Michael Fisher Monaghan Minors GAA football team has made history by winning the Ulster minor title back to back for the first time since 1940. The county won the Ulster minor championship for the first time in 1939. At its meeting on Monday, Ballybay Clones Municipal District passed a vote of congratulations to the players and the management team led by Mark Counihan. It was proposed by Cllr Seamus Coyle (FF) and seconded by Cllr Sean Gilliland (FG). Seamus Coyle, who is Cathaoirleach of Monaghan County Council, attended the match ...

Country Music fans from all across the island of Ireland are expected to converge in Monaghan this weekend for the Monaghan Town Country Musical Festival 2019. Weather permitting it should be a fantastic weekend on music with some of the countries leading showband stars appearing on the especially erected stage on the Town’s Diamond. The event has been described as a weekend of country music and fun for all the family and kicks off at 7.30pm tonight (Thursday) 18th July with Gary Fitzpatrick. The big attraction on the night will ...

Michael Fisher The resumed search in Bragan Bog near Carrickroe for the remains of Columba McVeigh is now in its seventh week. The team from the International Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains went back to the isolated mountain site at the start of June. However he has still not been found. The torment and anguish for the family continues, according to the WAVE trauma centre in Belfast. Their representatives accompanied Columba’s sister Dympna Kerr when she visited Bragan last week and made a heartfelt plea for more information ...

GOVERNMENT NOT PLANNNG FOR HARD BORDER: HUMPHREYS Michael Fisher With the increasing likelihood of the United Kingdom exiting the European Union in four months’ time without any negotiated deal, businesses in Co. Monaghan are being advised to prepare their companies and clients for all eventualities. Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD told a seminar at the Four Seasons Hotel on Monday that the government was not planning for a hard border. A day later, the government’s updated Brexit contingency plan was published, recognising that there is now a significant ...

Trialstar bikers entertaining specatators during the Stree Carnival at Muckno Mainia Festival in Castleblayney last weekend. Report and pictures on pages 22 & 23.Photo © Jimmy Walsh

Michael Fisher A team of archaeologists working with school students from Ballybay and Derry have recovered parts from a US Air Force P-38 Lightning aircraft that crashed near Castleblayney during the Second World war. The items removed from the site at Creighanroe close to Annyalla and the border with Co. Armagh will eventually go on display at Monaghan County Museum, which has been a partner in the project. They will form part of the nationally acclaimed exhibition ‘The Monaghan Spitfire – Life on the Border with a World at War’, ...