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By Veronica Corr Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD officiated the launch of the Trú Irish brand and website at Blackwater Valley Learning Centre, Emyvale on Monday. A host of other public representatives, from all parties and none also attended, including Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Senator Robbie Gallagher and representatives of Monaghan Municipal District, Councillors Paudge Connolly, Brian McKenna and Raymond Aughey. There were various crafts on display and an opportunity to speak with some of the creators before official proceedings got under way. Young entrepreneurs ...

Patient Taken to Cavan Hospital Michael Fisher A Tydavnet man whose wife’s funeral had taken place on Monday was conveyed to hospital in Cavan yesterday morning by air ambulance after being taken ill at his home. The Air Corps helicopter was called out by the National Ambulance Service to Doogary. The Augusta Westland AW139 aircraft landed around 10am in a field close to the house of Patsy McKenna. An ambulance brought the patient to a gate leading into the field. After being made stable by paramedics he was then taken on ...

A “cool and collected” pensioner collected €250,000 at the National Lottery headquarters in Dublin on Tuesday after buying her winning ticket in Clones. The National Lottery have confirmed that the winner comes from Co Monaghan but has decided not to go public with their identity. She won €250,000 in the Lotto Plus 2 draw on Wednesday, October 25, purchasing her winning ticket from Super Valu on Fermanagh Street in Clones. The winner was described as “cool and collected” by the National Lottery when she…

By Veronica Corr The staff and management of Carrickmacross Community Childcare Ltd., located in the Workhouse, took a stand last Friday morning at 11am, supported by a large gathering of parents who use the service. The walk-off and reduced hours on the 27th of October were designed to highlight the fact that €10.27 is the average hourly rate childcare professionals receive. This national action was called by the Association of Childhood Professionals. Public representatives Fianna Fáil Deputy Niamh Smyth, and Sinn Féin Councillors Noel Keelan and Colm Carthy…

DELIGHT AS NEW SCHOOL BUILDING APPEARS TO GET GO-AHEAD AFTER YEARS OF DELAY Michael McDonnell THE MINISTER CAME, he listened, he spoke and he even sang — but his main message at the Holy Family School in Cootehill was, “Yes We Will!” Well okay, he didn’t use those exact words, but the whole gist of what Minister of State for Disability Issues Finian McGrath had to say during his visit on Monday would have chimed with the Obama variant — and he more or less guaranteed that work on the ...

Michael Fisher Landowners opposed to EirGrid’s plans for the North South interconnector have hardened their resolve to stop the planned pylons and overhead high voltage electricity line across the drumlin countryside. They say they will fight against the line ‘tooth and nail until the bitter end’. A representative group of over a dozen landowners handed in a statement…

Chief Executive of Monaghan Co Council Eamonn O’Sullivan and Council Cathaoirleach, Sinn Féin councillor Cathy Bennett, joined with other Chief Executives, Cathoirleachs and Mayors of local authorities in the Irish Border corridor region for the presentation in Brussels on Wednesday, October 11 last of a report detailing the potential impact of Brexit in…

Multi-directional forklifts manufacturer Combilift has signed a contract with Civmec, an Australian construction and engineering company, that is worth an additional $1 million to the Monaghan company. Civmec are an integrated, multidisciplined construction and engineering services provider to the oil and gas, metals and minerals, infrastructure and defence markets in Australia. The contact signing in Sydney was witnessed by Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Frances Fitzgerald TD at an Enterprise Ireland lunch attended by…

The operation to restore normality to Co Monaghan after the disruption caused by the Storm Ophelia extreme weather event which hit the country on Monday last is now well advanced. Monaghan is regarded as having been impacted less severely than some other parts of the country by the storm, which claimed three lives nationwide, caused considerable damage and left many homes without electricity. However, power cuts did hit some homes in the county and road transport was considerably disrupted on some minor and county roads in particular by fallen trees ...

pictured after his call to the inner bar in the Supreme Court. The new Senior Counsel is pictured with his wife Dr Hilda Cummins and their son Jack V. On the left is Vincent’s sister Catherine Martin TD, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, and her husband Councillor Francis Noel Duffy. On right is Vincent’s brother, psychologist Shane Martin, with his wife Deirdre. A former member of Monaghan Co Council, Vincent was educated at St Macartan’s College, Monaghan, Maynooth University, U.C.D. and The Honorable Society of King’s Inns. He is ...