Articles in the Monaghan Category

Congratulations to Kevin McGrath, a Meath athlete with Monaghan connections. Kevin, who represents Bohermeen Athletics Club won gold yesterday in the 1,500 metres at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Tbilisi, Georgia. Kevin is son of Paula and Eamon McGrath and grandson of Seamus and Bernie McConnon, Old Cross Square. Kevin entered the race with the fastest personal best. He took control with just over 200 metres to go and powered through to win with ease.

PETER HUGHES Incidents of anti-social behaviour in the scenic Monaghan Town centre park surrounding Peter’s Lake prompted calls this week for an increase in Garda patrols in the area and the strict implementation of the fines for public drinking that were introduced in local bye-laws a number of years ago. Sinn Féin Co Councillor Sean Conlon moved a motion at Tuesday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District requesting the Gardaí to increase their patrolling of the Peter’s Lake area – which Colr Conlon noted was located only a short distance from the ...

National utility Irish Water have announced details of a €3.6 million investment to replace water mains in Monaghan town and Clones. They say the expenditure will improve the water supply enjoyed by 8,000 customers. Working with Monaghan Co Council, the water utility has carried out an assessment of the water mains in both towns to identify the parts of the network most prone to bursts, with the greatest levels of leakage and where water quality issues are most common. Irish Water say this has allowed them to target pipe replacement on the worst ...

While the new artwork erected at the Coolshannagh roundabout outside Monaghan Town did not cost the local authority any money, preparing the site for it entailed expenditure of €10,000, it was stated at Tuesday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District. Independent Co Councillor Seamus Treanor sought re-confirmation at the meeting that the sculpture (put in place through an EU PEACE-funded cross-Border project linked to the regeneration of the Ulster Canal) “was given to us as a present”, and hadn’t cost the Municipal District or Monaghan Co Council anything. David Maxwell (Fine Gael) ...

A new “Stepping Back In Time” street exhibition has been put in place in Monaghan Town in an initiative implemented by Monaghan Co Museum. A total of twenty images of vistas and views of locations in the county capital have been prominently erected in their modern day sites, allowing the viewer to contrast the past appearance of their locale with the present and partake in the time-travel journey of the display’s title. What is described as a “permanent outreach project exhibition” has been drawn from the Co Museum’s postcard collection. ...

By Veronica Corr The Northern Standard has learned this week that Mr. Eugene Cummins is to resign as Chief Executive at Monaghan County Council to take up a similar position in Roscommon. Members of Monaghan County Council have been informed of Mr. Cummins’ decision and Cathaoirleach Noel Keelan has wished him well in his new position. The Cathaoirleach confirmed the news by commenting: “Mr. Cummins rang me Tuesday evening as a courtesy to say he had been offered the position of Chief Executive of Roscommon County Council. It looks like he ...

Anyone passing the Coolshannagh roundabout recently can’t help but have noticed construction works on the triangle of ground opposite Grahams, enclosed by the Armagh road, the by-pass 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 PEACE-funded cross-Border arts project linked to the Ulster Canal. The project is led by Blackwater Regional Partnership, of which Monaghan County Council is a member. The BRP has been working behind the ...

By Michael Fisher Town of Monaghan Co-Op is to enter a new era in September following the virtually unanimous approval on Tuesday of its merger with the Ballyrashane Co-Op in North Antrim. The new company to be known as LacPatrick is said to be a platform for growth, against a backdrop of a challenging global market. It is described by the two elements as a ‘game-changing’ merger, which includes plans for further significant new investment later this year at Artigarvan near Strabane as a critical part of the new Co-op’s growth ...

“Sweet” was the word on the lips of every player interviewed after they won a second Ulster title in three years at St Tiarnach’s Park,Clones, last Sunday. by COLM SHALVEY The euphoria of the shock win in 2013 was replaced by a sense of satisfaction that Monaghan players and manager Malachy O’Rourke all spoke about, after proving that the victory of two years ago was no one-off and that more credit was due to them. Monaghan nerves were jangling in a gripping finish, but they held on for a dramatic win, which ...

By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie AN ORDER restraining Mr Feargal Deery of Drumhillock, Monaghan, from entering the premises formerly known as ‘Master Deery’s’ at 27/28 Market Street, Monaghan was granted at the High Court on Tuesday of this week, on foot of an application made on behalf of a company known as Wardglade Ltd, whose registered address is at Dunoge, Carrrickmacross, Co Monaghan. In making its application to the hearing presided over by Mr Justice Paul Gilligan, Wardglade Ltd had stated in an affidavit that Mr Deery had unlawfully entered and occupied the premises ...