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The Challenge Tour golf event being hosted by the Concra Wood Golf & Country Club on the Dundalk Road in Castleblayney from October 4-7 next will “showcase Co Monaghan to a worldwide audience”, Chief Executive Eamonn O’Sullivan told Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. Referring to the launch of the event last Friday and outlining the sponsorship role the Co Council had taken in relation to it, Mr O’Sullivan stressed that this was a professional level competition, with the Challenge Tour being a natural progression for professional golfers to make ...

Michael Fisher During a two-day visit to Ireland Pope Francis addressed the issue of sexual abuse and other abuses by members of the Catholic Church. In unscripted remarks at the start of Mass in the Phoenix Park on Sunday, he said: “We ask forgiveness for the abuse in Ireland. Abuses of power, conscience and sexual abuse perpetrated by members with roles of responsibility in the Church. We ask forgiveness for the times that as a Church we did not show survivors of whatever kind of abuse compassion and the seeking of ...

Whether to endorse the nomination of Seán Gallagher to contest the Irish presidency will be a matter of consideration for the members of Monaghan Co Council next Monday after the Monaghan-born entrepreneur yesterday confirmed that he would again seek to contest the race for Áras an Uachtaráin. The subject of nominations for the 2018 Presidential Election is an item on the agenda of Monday’s monthly meeting of the local authority and it is understood that Mr Gallagher, as well as a number of other presidential hopefuls, will seek to elicit ...

Michael Fisher Catholic dioceses throughout the country including Clogher have been preparing this week for the arrival of Pope Francis in Ireland. He will carry out a number of engagements in Dublin and Knock, linked to the World Meeting of Families at the RDS. The pastoral congress was officially opened on Tuesday evening and to mark it, bells were rung in all parish churches, including St Macartan’s cathedral in Monaghan, where diocesan administrator Monsignor Joseph McGuinness lit a special candle and presided at Evening Prayer. Monsignor McGuinness has been talking to ...

Although not ultimately successful in the overall contest, Monaghan Rose of Tralee contestant Hannah Mooney made a very positive and inspirational impression when she took to the Dome stage on Monday evening last. Hannah attracted wide praise for the comments she directed towards students considering their future career paths when interviewed by host Dáithí Ó Sé. The Aughnamullen East woman drew on her own experience to encourage students who might have had a disappointing Leaving Certificate outcome to follow their dream and persist in achieving the career goals they had ...

County Monaghan Ladies Track & Field Athletics team were crowned Irish Life Health AAI National League Division One Women’s Champions for 2018 at League Finals day in Tullamore on Sunday last. Pictured back row from left are Brian Peppard (Team Manager), Sorcha O Neill, Niamh Malone, Aimee Peppard, Aimee Brennan, Emma Glynn and Paul O’Neill (Team Manager). Front row: Grainne Clerkin, Emma Geary, Cait McDonald, Una McMahon, Denise Toner, Isabel Doyle and Caoimh O’Hanlon.Missing from pic: Michaela O’Hanlon. See sports pages for full story and more pictures.

A brief stopover by Roads Minister Shane Ross in Carrickmacross on Tuesday to be briefed on the state of local and regional roads has been slammed by local Councillors as a “PR exercise” and “boxticking”. Minister Ross had been invited last month by Fianna Fáil Senator Robbie Gallagher to visit the county and to see for himself the poor condition of the roads. Leas Cathaoirleach of Monaghan County Council, Cllr Colm Carthy (SF), who welcomed the Minister at Carrickmacross Civic Offices, said it appeared to be just a “box-ticking exercise.” ...

John P Graham They had brought colour and excitement to a variety of venues all over the country in Monaghan’s All Ireland qualifier journey – and they descended on Dublin in their tens of thousands, not only from County Monaghan, but Monaghan people domiciled in the capital, and all corners of the country and even some from abroad, to be there on a day that promised to end Monaghan’s Croke Park famine. It was an occasion that had all the ingredients for a historymaking and historic day, with Monaghan represented ...

This week we publish 24 emails obtained under an FOI request sent mainly by an EirGrid executive to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment. There are also some responses from the Department. EirGrid say the y report regularly to the Department on all aspects of the North South Interconnector project and there is “nothing in any way unusual about such communications.” Full details on page 14. Click link below Eirgrid – 16th August

Final preparations were being made as we went to press for the annual Tydavnet Show which takes place this Saturday, August 18. Organisers reported a large number of entries for the livestock and other competitive agricultural classes which form the bedrock of a varied day of activity and entertainment which always incorporates novel and interesting features. The main events begin at 10 am with the horse and in-hand pony and cob…