Articles in the Monaghan Category

A decision by the National Ambulance Service office of the HSE to discontinue the use of the Rapid Response Vehicle has been slammed this week in statements from Sinn Féin and the Monaghan Hospital Community Alliance. The latest decision to remove the Rapid Response Vehicle across both Monaghan and north Louth has “robbed the people of Co. Monaghan of yet another important emergency health support” according to Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, who has labelled it as a “further blow to our health services” and a “Fine Gael imposed ...

Responsibility for the provision of services at the Minor Injury Unit of Monaghan General Hospital rests with the Health Service Executive, Minister for Health Dr James Reilly has informed Monaghan Town Council. The Minister, in a letter circulated at Monday night’s meeting of the Council, thanked the members for their recent letter concerning the unit (which is facing the prospect of reduced hours of operation from November 1). Minister Reilly stated: “The Health Act 2004 provided for the Health Service Executive and under the Act, the Executive is ...

Independent Presidential Candidate Mary Davis will visit Monaghan this Friday October 14th as part of her nationwide election campaign. She will begin by visiting Carrickmacross before going to Castleblayney and finishing in Monaghan town.  With just two weeks until polling day, Mary Davis is scheduled to canvass in Carrickmacross from 12.30pm. She will then move on to Castleblayney for 1.30pm before finishing in the busy Farmer’s Market in Monaghan Town at 2.15pm. Monaghan County Council was one of the first local councils to support Mary’s bid to secure a presidential nomination ...

On Monday morning last when Hollands opened their Merchant’s Yard at Main Street, Emyvale, they discovered a large cygnet (young swan) standing there. It seemed to be unwell and hissed a warning when anyone tried to go near.  Various types of food were offered but it refused to eat. The authorities were notified but it was difficult to ascertain who exactly would take responsibility for the rescue of the Cygnet. However, when contacted, Peadar Morgan sprang into action.  While awaiting his arrival at the scene the cygnet began to perk up and ...

Minister for Education and Skills Ruairi Quinn has announced that Monaghan will be the location for the new merged Cavan/Monaghan Vocational Education Committee. The Cavan and Monaghan Committees are being merged as part of a Government rationalisation programme which will reduce the number of VECs in the country from 33 to 16. Confirming the locations of the new bodies on Tuesday, the Minister said that, since announcing the revised merger of VECs in June, designation of the headquarter locations was a priority for his Dept “so ...

More strong criticism of Fine Gael’s failure to deliver on promises in relation to Monaghan General Hospital was heard at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council when members debated at length Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil urgent business motions calling on Health Minister James Reilly to reverse the HSE decision to cut the hours of operation of the hospital’s Minor Injuries Unit from November 1. But the meeting also heard a powerful plea for political unity on the hospital issue from FG’s Ciara McPhillips, who told her colleagues: “No ...

This year the National Day of Volunteering (NDV) will take place on Friday, 30th September 2011 and Monaghan Tidy Towns Committee are appealing to you to volunteer a little of your time to make a big difference to your local community. This year Monaghan Tidy Towns are going on an all out effort to paint a mural on the hoarding surrounding the proposed underground car park site adjacent to Monaghan Shopping Centre. We are asking for volunteers to come along on Friday 30th September between 11am and 4pm, ...

Monaghan Town Council were advised by the Town Manager (David Fallon) on Monday night that it could prove a lengthy and legally complicated process to call in the bond in relation to the stalled mixed use development project – or ‘hole in the ground’ as it has been dubbed locally. Mr Fallon advised against such a move and recommended that the Council continue its efforts in co-operation with the developers Clarkes to have the site of the development restored as a car-park. The members were debating a motion ...

“The day has dawned, the day has arrived, the day is here,” stated Fianna Fáil councillor P J O’Hanlon at Monday’s meeting of Co Monaghan Vocational Education Committee when noting the commencement that day of works on the site of the former Monaghan Military Barracks at Knockaconny for the construction of the new Monaghan Education Campus. Welcoming the start of construction, Colr O’Hanlon thanked Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn and Minister for the Arts Jimmy Deenihan for carrying on the commitment given by the previous administration in relation to ...

By Michael McDonnell michael@northern-standard.ie The Monaghan Hospital Alliance has warned that Monaghan General Hospital is on its way to a “complete closure” and that this would have a major adverse impact on the county if it were allowed to happen. In the latest posting on its Save Our hospital website, the Alliance warns that sporting fixtures, festivals, social events, schools, business and industry, inward investment, and “anything that attracts people to the county” would be under threat if any more services were lost at the hospital. It also points to ...