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Children’s Book, Phone App and Board Game developed to promote inclusiveness Michael Fisher A group of transition year students from Largy College in Clones has been praised for their work in developing a children’s book, a board game and a phone app to promote inclusivity in the community and awareness of the problems of refugees and asylum seekers. Two residents of St Patrick’s Direct Provision Centre in Monaghan shared their experiences at the launch of the “We Are All Human” project. Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys said the ...

Despite the repeated promises of the Minister for Health Simon Harris and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, services at Monaghan Hospital are being further cut with the announcement that Mr. Khalid S. Khan Bhambro’s Orthopaedic Outpatient Clinic has been moved from Monaghan to Cavan General Hospital from this week forward “due to unforeseen circumstances” according to notices sent out to scheduled appointment holders. Cllr. Brian McKenna has described the loss of the service as “yet another blow to Monaghan Hospital and to the people of North Monaghan in particular”. Acknowledging that the ...

BUILDING BRIDGES NOT BARRIERS: HUMPHREYS Michael Fisher Recent tragic events in the north including the killing of journalist Lyra McKee showed that there was still some way to go towards building peace, according to the Chief Executive of the Special EU Programmes Body. Gina McIntrye was speaking on Monday at the launch by Monaghan County Council of ‘The Peace Campus’, a €14.5 million project that will bring a much-needed neutral shared space to Monaghan town (especially for young people), along with a new library and museum. This iconic building will be ...

Former National and Tarmac Rally champion Donagh Kelly from Donegal and Monaghan based navigator Conor Foley celebrate after winning the Four Seasons Hotel Monaghan Stages Rally for the second year in a row last weekend. They took the lead just after the halfway mark to beat local ace Josh Moffett by six seconds at the finish. Action shots from the rally and presentation of prizes pages 16,34,35.

Michael Fisher The two major power stations in the North at Ballylumford and Kilroot near Carrickfergus in Co. Antrim are to be sold to a Czech company by their American owners, AES. The plants were at the centre of argument during planning hearings about the need for security of electricity supply and keeping the lights on, and the supposed need for a second North South interconnector that would go through five counties including Monaghan. The deal will see the two plants sold to Energetický a Průmyslový Holding (EPH) as part ...

FAI Treasurer Eddie Murray Resigns…. As Fall-Out from Oireachtas Hearing Continues Michael Fisher These are tumultuous times for the administration of Irish football. The latest to be caught up in the governance issue is the FAI’s honorary treasurer, Eddie Murray from Monaghan, one of two long-standing Board members who voluntarily resigned last week. This controversy started last month with the then Chief Executive of the Football Association of Ireland John Delaney attempting to put a legal block on a newspaper story about a €100,000 loan he had made to the FAI. More ...

Michael Fisher During a topical issues session in the Dáil on Tuesday evening, Cavan Monaghan Sinn Féin Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin questioned the Minister for Justice, Charles Flanagan about an operation by armed Garda units in Monaghan town last month. During an incident at Dublin Street, a man was injured and required hospital treatment. The matter was referred by Gardaí to the Garda Ombudsman. During the exchange with Minister Flanagan, Deputy Ó Caolaín placed on record this newspaper’s front page story on March 28th, quoting the full response to our ...

Michael Fisher Clones businessman Ross Mealiff, the owner of the Hotel Kilmore in Cavan, was among those to meet the German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her visit to Dublin last Thursday to discuss Brexit. Mr Mealiff attended the meeting at Farmleigh to speak about living and running a business in the border region. An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD and the Chancellor held a roundtable discussion with people from Northern Ireland and the border area, sharing their personal experience and perspectives on the impact any return to a hard border would ...

Michael Fisher Sinn Féin MEPs Matt Carthy and Martina Anderson met EU Chief Negotiator on Brexit, Michel Barnier, in Brussels yesterday, ahead of another important summit meeting involving the 28 EU heads of government, including the British Prime Minister Theresa May. The Sinn Féin representatives pressed Mr Barnier on the need to safeguard the Good Friday Agreement, the all-Ireland economy and the rights of citizens in the North in the event of the no-deal Brexit. Speaking from Brussels following the meeting, MEP for the Midlands North West Matt Carthy said: ...

Protestors came from County Monaghan, Tyrone and beyond to attend a demonstration at the border at Moybridge outside Aughnacloy on Saturday, organised by Border Communities Against Brexit. A range of speakers gave their insightful and informative views on the current Brexit situation and the wider implications and threats for all members of border communities. Well-known local community leaders John Connolly from Connons near Clones and John Moyna from Knockatallon gave their views on the issue. Solicitor Niall Murphy from Belfast who was one of the organisers of the recent “Beyond ...