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Part Three reveals exclusively how EirGrid closely monitored media coverage of the North South interconnector in regional and national newspapers. Local media were chosen to place advertisements promoting the project and the company’s mobile information unit, the movements of which were regularly reported to the relevant government department. EirGrid also noted developments in Northern Ireland involving their subsidiary, SONI, which received planning approval for the line in the North at the end of January. Statements from business interests north and south in support of the project were listed, but not ...

John P Graham Dreams die hard in the cruel world of sport and Monaghan has experienced that cruelty as much as anyone else, and maybe even more than some, but as a county they have never given up hope. Thirty years is a long time to wait for an appearance in an All Ireland senior championship semi-final, but that’s what Monaghan has endured and in that 30 years they have seen many false dawns and bitter disappointments. Despite that, though, Monaghan always had the hunger and that hunger is now ...

EirGrid briefs a government department weekly about its work on the controversial North South interconnector and other projects, as well as monitoring all media coverage, as we reveal exclusively in documents released under a Freedom of Information request. The opening of EirGrid’s new office in Carrickmacross and attendance at agricultural shows were among developments noted by the company in emails with the Department of Communications. See page 14 for part two of ‘The EirGrid Files.’ Pic. Pat Byrne Click link below EirGrid – 2nd August

Charities and good causes in the Monaghan area will receive €50,000 as a result of the recent Country Music Festival in the county capital town, it was revealed on Friday last. The impressive sum – which brings the total charitable benefit generated by the festival since its inception to over €0.25 million – was announced at a function held in the Westenra Arms Hotel as a token of appreciation to the more than 120 voluntary stewards who assisted in the smooth running of the 2018 event, which took place from ...

EIRGRID FILES PART I PAGE I EirGrid is briefing a government department weekly about its work on the controversial North South interconnector, and closely monitoring political developments and all media coverage, as Michael Fisher reveals exclusively in documents released under a Freedom of Information request. See page 14 for part one of ‘The EirGrid Files’. Click on link below EirGrid – 26th July

Michael D Higgins might be facing a challenge or two when the Irish Presidency next comes up for grabs, but when it comes to conferring the crown on the capital of Irish country music, there is simply no contest. Monaghan certainly would have won the unanimous vote of the tens of thousands who assembled before the Diamond main stage from Thursday to Sunday last to enjoy the 2018 edition of the town’s Country Music Festival, when mostly favourable weather and a prevailing sense of enjoyment that pushed the feelgood factor ...

• Peter Hughes The initiative to establish a “Giants Trail” in Rossmore Forest Park has received a vital financial transfusion from the Monaghan Municipal District. At Monday’s meeting of the local authority body, members agreed to allocate €25,000 to the project, conceived by the Monaghan Town Team as a significant tourism enhancement of the forest park amenity on the outskirts of the county town. A greater local authority role in the operation of Rossmore Park has been acquired through a memorandum of understanding reached with the forestry authority Coillte, and ...

Monaghan County Museum has confirmed its status as a fully accredited member of the Museum Standards for Ireland Programme at an awards ceremony at Kilkenny Castle. Established by the Heritage Council in 2006 to benchmark and promote professional standards in the care of collections, the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI) has attracted involvement across the cultural spectrum, from national institutions to small, volunteerled organisations. Representative….

Members of the Monaghan Special Olympics team will be welcomed on stage and congratulated on their achievements during this weekend’s Monaghan Town Country Music Festival. The Special Olympians will be feted on Saturday afternoon on the festival main stage in The Diamond in a free of charge event to take place from 2 pm before the All-Ireland Junior and Juvenile Jiving Competitions. Finishing touches to the preparations for the four-day celebration of Irish country in the capital town…

Life on the Border with a World at War: a replica of a British Air Force Spitfire Mark 2a arrived at Hill Street in Monaghan last Thursday, courtesy of the Ulster Aviation Society. It attracted much attention and gave visitors a chance to climb into the cockpit of this famous WWII aircraft. Along with an anti-aircraft gun, the display was put on to mark the opening of a new exhibition at the County Museum, ‘The Monaghan Spitfire’, which will run for the next year. An engine and other parts of ...