Articles in the Monaghan Category

The newly appointed Monaghan Town co-ordinator for retail strategy development, Trevor Connolly, will be present at tonight’s launch in the Westenra Arms Hotel of the new website of the Monaghan Has It group. The Monaghan Municipal District recently approved the appointment of a co-ordinator as part of an initiative to revitalise trade in the town centre and address a number of issues pinpointed as impeding commercial development in the county capital. Mr Connolly told The Northern Standard this week that the new website is the culmination of months of hard work by ...

Monaghan Town’s disappointing showing in the latest litter “league table” compiled by the IBAL (Irish Business Against Litter) organisation was a harsh assessment on a town that has “never looked so well”, according to the Cathaoirleach of the Monaghan Municipal District, Robbie Gallagher. There was disappointment for Monaghan Town when the latest litter “league table” annually compiled by the IBAL (Irish Business Against Litter) organisation was published this week. The county capital, which in the past has rated highly in the assessment of urban cleanliness, found itself placed 34th out of the ...

By Cianna McNally The newly renovated Model School in Monaghan reopened its doors to 137 pupils – including 22 new junior infants – on Monday. The renovation work, which began in March last year, has resulted in three new classrooms, a general purpose room and a library. The older part of the building has been restored to its original state. Speaking to The Northern Standard, school principal Linda Mills said that while staff and students were still adjusting to their new surroundings, it was a case of “so far, so good.” Ms Mills also said that she ...

Bail was refused at a special District Court sitting at the weekend to a man who has been charged in connection with an arson attack on the Monaghan Garda Station at the Plantation Road in Monaghan Town. A motor vehicle was driven through the barrier at the front of the station around 7 pm on Saturday evening last. The vehicle was driven to the public entranceway and subsequently set on fire. No injuries were sustained in the incident, but damage to the building has been estimated at €20,000. Smoke damage was also ...

PETER HUGHES Well-known Monaghan Town photographer John Nutley unveiled an impressive body of creative work in his chosen medium at the Market House in the county capital last Thursday evening. His exhibition “The Reality of Being”, consisting of a series of imaginative photographic essays backed up by a rolling slideshow display of a large body of his professional and more candid work, remains on view until Saturday, September 19. “John is a diverse and keen photographer who can photograph almost anything,” the literature accompanying the display remarks, and the images on show are ...

Harvest Time Blues the 20th Festival “where the Mississippi meanders into Monaghan The Blues Festival is nearly upon it has now reached a milestone in that it has reached its 20th Edition. September and Harvest Time Blues is when a little piece of Mississippi comes to Monaghan for just one weekend every year and when the sounds of the Delta Blues joins up with the Drumlin Blues 2015 was quite a significant year for the Blues world in that we lost “The King of the Blues” BB King just last may. A debate ...

PETER HUGHES A project expected to bring 400 new jobs to Co Monaghan got underway on Monday last when forklift manufacturer Combilift formally turned the sod at the site of its new €40 million factory facility at Tullyherim just off the N2 by-pass near Monaghan Town. Managing Director Martin McVicar and Technical Director Robert Moffett joined with Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys TD, Tom Kelly – head of Enterprise Ireland’s Manufacturing and Competitiveness Division – and Monaghan Co Council Chief Executive Eugene Cummins for the ceremonial activity, as ...

Anyone passing the Coolshannagh roundabout recently can’t help but to have noticed construction works on the triangle of ground opposite Grahams’, enclosed by the Armagh road, the Bypass and the Ulster Canal Greenway. Formerly used by Monaghan County Council as a place to deposit spoil from roads projects, this little patch of ground is undergoing a spectacular rebirth, thanks to a Building Peace through The Arts, Reimaging Communites project which is linked to the Ulster Canal.  The project is led by Blackwater Regional Partnership, of which Monaghan County Council is a ...

Monaghan Town FC would like to thank all those who attended the charity match in aid of Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust on Saturday 15th August in Belgium Park. The community supported the event by attending in great numbers and donating an incredible amount of money on the day. The monies raised totalled at 4,356 Euro. An amazing amount of money and a figure the Monaghan community can be extremely proud of achieving. As always there was a great support network behind the scenes helping us set up and everyone at Monaghan ...

Hugh (Hughie) McNally, 81, Clones Road, Monaghan passed away peacefully early Thursday 6th August in Drumbear Nursing home following a long illness with Alzheimers. Burial occurred Saturday 8th in the Old Cemetery, Latlurcan. Hugh was born in Drumacrutton in 1934 to parents Hugh and Mary (neé Hughes). He had 5 siblings, Bridget, Eileen and entrepreneurial brothers Dan, Eddie and Charlie. Having worked in Kerr Brothers of Corby Rock followed by a period in Grahams Furniture factory, Hugh and his lifelong friend and business partner Kevin Finlay set up McNally & Finlay Ltd ...