Articles in the Monaghan Category

A new publication on the 1974 Monaghan bombing was hailed at its formal launch in the Market House in Monaghan Town on Wednesday evening last by Margaret Urwin of the Justice for the Forgotten organisation as an important exercise in both commemoration and reconciliation. The Monaghan Bombing Community Links Project was co-ordinated by local man Brian Clerkin and backed by local Peace III Partnership funding and support. The booklet produced, containing extensive photographic and eyewitness testimony relating to the May 17 1974 bomb in the town, was compiled with considerable youth ...

Monaghan Co Council’s acquisition of 20 acres of land and 17 vacant houses on the Latlorcan site in Monaghan Town – the contract for which was expected to be signed this week – marks the realisation of a Sinn Féin proposal tabled in 2012 and looks set to deliver “overdue” and much needed housing and recreation provision, Colr Sean Conlon stated this week. The Monaghan Co Councillor and current Cathaoirleach of Monaghan Municipal District said the delivery of a supply of land and housing units into the local authority’s ownership marks ...

A second public meeting on drugs-related issues held in the Teach na nDaoine Family Resource Centre last Wednesday night saw an enthusiastic response from the local Mullaghmatt and Cortolvin community to the proposal to form a local task force committee to examine ways of addressing the problem. Many members of the large attendance signed on to participate in the task force at the conclusion of a meeting that was distinguished by the high number of young people present. One teenage speaker said there needed to be a voice for young adults ...

THE FIRST Insolvency Court to be held in Ireland under a new legislation designed to deal with people with debt problems was held in Monaghan Courthouse on Monday last. Presided over by Judge William Lyster, one of six specialist judges of the Circuit Court who have been appointed to hear insolvency cases under the provisions of the Personal Insolvency Act 2012, the short hearing dealt with one case, that of a Donegal man whose debts were given as being in excess of €110,000 against assets of less that €6,000 ...

Acting Co Manager David Fallon made the surprise announcement at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council that he was retiring from local government in December. Mr Fallon confirmed that recruitment towards filling the post of Monaghan Co Manager was currently underway, and indicated that an appointment would be in place by the end of October. “You will be aware that the Manager’s position has been advertised,” he told the members. “A recruitment process is now underway, and a new Manager will be nominated at the end of ...

Thousands of people from across Ireland and abroad attended the National Hunger Strike Commemoration in Monaghan Town last weekend. Picture by Rory Geary shows a section of the huge crowd assembled in the town’s Church Square on Sunday evening. Full report and pictures in The Northern Standard.

By Cianna McNally The countdown to the Monaghan Town Country Music Festival which takes place from Thursday, 18th – Sunday, 21st July in the Diamond has officially begun. With four top entertainers taking to the stage the open air festival is sure to impress all music lovers. The kids won’t be bored either as Cullens Fun Fair will be parked up for the full weekend in the Courthouse car park. On Thursday, 18th July Mike Denver will take to stage while on Friday Robert Mizzell will perform. Big Tom and the Mainliners will entertain ...

Gavin Farrelly and Aoife Bole made history recently when they became the first couple to avail of the civil marriage cremony in the Market House in Monaghan town. Gaven, son of Gerry and Joan Farrelly, Cocraghan and Aoife, daughter of John and Allison Bole, Glenlough, Smithboro are pictured celebrating the happy event. The Market House has been registered as an office for the performance civil marriages but not receptions. Image by Suzanne Toal of Zanni Photographic.

A €9.5 capital development at the site of Monaghan General Hospital which will see the construction of a new Primary Care Centre for North Monaghan was announced by the Health Service Executive on Monday. Design and planning work on the new building, a 20,000 sq ft structure which will be connected to and integrated with the existing hospital, will commence later this year. “When completed, this development will provide an integrated health and social care centre, with primary care services complementing the already existing services in Monaghan Hospital,” ...

The closure of the once vibrant company Rossmore Furniture by McNally & Finlay in the county capital prompted calls at Monday night’s meeting of Monaghan Town Council for the Government to introduce support measures to secure and create jobs in the area. Cathaoirleach Seamus Treanor expressed regret at the closure of a company which he said had been an employment provider in the town for 51 years. The Cathaoirleach said the business had cited as one of the reasons for their decision the high cost of insurance and ...