Articles in the Monaghan Category

Róisín Dick from Monaghan has been selected from amongst hundreds of youth volunteers from across the island of Ireland to receive an award in recognition of the exemplary work she carries out in her local community at the 2015 Pramerica Spirit of Community Awards. Receiving €500 and a silver medallion from guest of honour RTE Rugby Analyist Brent Pope, Róisín said she was honoured to be recognised at the awards. A sixth year student from St Louis Secondary School, Monaghan, Róisín volunteers with Irish Water Safety, the local Arch Club and ...

Some of the members of the 1st Monaghan Presbyterian Women’s Group, making the presentation of a cheque for €200 to the Monaghan Senior Citizens Party, which was donated by the members of the group.  Included in the photo are (L-R) Joyce Blackburn, Pauline Hamilton, Mary McGrane, Monaghan Cancer Treatment Support, Tracey Agnew and Muriel Stewart. ©Rory Geary/The Northern Standard

“Co Monaghan, along with Co Waterford, is the most violent crime blackspot in the country, according to the rationale employed by the author of a front-page story in last weekend’s Irish Sunday Mirror. Ailbhe Jordan’s exclusive lifting on the lid on what were described as “Ireland’s violent crime capitals” brands Waterford and Monaghan as the worst blackspots for rape and murder. The story was based on analysis of cases that went before the Central Criminal Court since 2012, which showed that more people from the two counties had been charged with rape, ...

The sun shone beautifully last Thursday as members of the local community and local community groups gathered in the spring sunshine to plant a living willow fence for the children of Teach na bPaiste at Teach na nDaoine, Oriel Way, Monaghan Town. The project was a joint venture between the staff of Teach na bPaiste and members of Mullaghmatt/Cortolvin community garden. The willow fence will provide shelter for the children who use the childcare facility as well as giving them the opportunity to study the wildlife that benefit from the structure ...

Monaghan is back in its rightful place of leadership with the opening of a new Education Campus and the jobs announcement by Combilift, according to An Taoiseach Enda Kenny T.D. Mr Kenny was speaking during the official opening of the €45 million Education Campus on the site of the former military barracks on the Armagh Road. It opened in 2013 when Gaelscoil Ultain, Colaiste Oiriall and Monaghan Institute moved in to brand new premises, sharing sports facilities and access to the new Garage Theatre. Mr Kenny told the 300 guests this ...

A letter protesting the downgrading of services at Monaghan General Hospital was handed to Taoiseach Enda Kenny during his visit to Monaghan last Friday by Sinn Fein member of Monaghan Co Council Sean Conlon. Colr Conlon, who is Cathaoirleach of the Monaghan Municipal District and Chairman of the Board of Management of the Garage Theatre, met Mr Kenny when he was present to perform the official opening of the Monaghan Education Campus facility at Knockaconny. The SF representative briefly discussed the hospital issue with the Taoiseach in what appeared a decidedly cordial, ...

By Cianna McNally A motion calling on the government to stop fluoride being added to water supplies was successfully adopted at the February meeting of Monaghan Co Council which took place on Monday of this week. Sinn Féin councillor Cathy Bennett, who put forward the motion, which read in full – ‘That Monaghan County Council calls on the government to stop fluoride being added to our water supplies,’ – stated that people should have the choice on whether or not fluoride was added to their water supply. She understood that some people thought it was a ...

By PATSY McARDLE A FRESH call has been made this week to Health Minister Leo Varadkar—in advance of next Monday’s meeting of a special task force set up by the minister to consider health issues—to significantly increase the number of step-down and rehabilitative beds at Monaghan General Hospital, as a means of increasing activity at the hospital and addressing the Accident and Emergency ‘trolley crisis’ in the health service, particularly at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda and Cavan General Hospital. Mid-Monaghan based Fianna Fail councillor for the Ballybay/Clones municipal area, ...

Significant Municipal District investment planned – but local business buy-in essential for strategy to succeed say councillors A new scheme of measures to boost the trading environment of Monaghan Town was detailed at Monday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District. A €50,000 investment in the initiative from the proceeds of the town’s pay parking regime is being proposed – but the view expressed at the meeting was that the plan would not succeed without the concerted co-operation of all sections of the county capital’s retail and service sectors. The new retail strategy, as ...

Municipal District Co-Ordinator Donal McElwain and MD Elected Members pictured at the new signage for the Ulster Canal Greenway in Monaghan town. The signs were designed and made by local firm, Universal Graphics, and feature a map of the route as well as links to the greenway’s website, www.ulstercanalgreenway.com and the Monaghan Tourism website, www.monaghantourism.com. In photo are (L-R) Donald McElwain, Cllr Seamus Treanor, Cllr Paudge Connolly, Cllr Sean Conlon, Cllr David Maxwell and Cllr Robbie Gallagher. The section from the bypass in to Old Cross Square is now open a ...