Articles in the Monaghan Category

By Cianna McNally “I don’t know what we are going to do now, we are at our wits’ end.” So said Noel Maxwell as he spoke to The Northern Standard about damage caused to a barrier at the back of the Masonic Hall, which is located on Glaslough Street in Monaghan town, two weekends in a row. The barrier was broken off and stolen approximately two weeks ago and it cost the Hall’s members €300 to replace. Last Friday night it was broken off once again but this time the damaged barrier ...

A male pedestrian, believed to be in his 70s, was killed in a road traffic accident at Killymarley on the N2 on the outskirts of Monaghan Town yesterday, Wednesday evening. The fatality occurred at approximately 5.50 pm. Gardaí, ambulance and fire brigade services attended at the scene and a number of traffic diversions were put in place. • Our photograph by Rory Geary shows the accident scene.

By Cianna McNally “Amazing” and “life-changing” are just two of the words a Monaghan woman used to sum up the experience of volunteering in Mexico recently. Mary White from Cortolvin View in Monaghan town travelled to Playa Del Carmen last October to work with Global Vision International / Save The Children in a centre that provides safe daycare for street children and orphans. Mary, who is a mother and grandmother, stayed in the country for a month and lived with seven other volunteers, who had travelled from across the world, in a gated ...

By PATSY McARDLE THERE were separate calls this week from a Cavan-Monaghan Dáil Deputy the Cathaoirleach of Monaghan Co Council, and a Carrickmacross Fianna Fáil councillor, for urgent measures to be undertaken for greater traffic control on the N2 Dublin/Derry Road, between Castleblayney and Carrickmacross, after an horrific crash on Monday last in which two lorry drivers were killed. Both drivers died after the horror crash involving their trucks on a stretch of the road near Broomfield. The victims were named as Declan Holian, 30, from Barrack, Ramelton, Co Donegal and Klaidas Bakanas, ...

PETER HUGHES A major realignment scheme was currently being prepared to address the condition of the national roadway from Monaghan to Clones in the Tullybryan area which has lately been the scene of a series of accidents including two fatalities, Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council was told. Funding for the preliminary work required on the project was contained in national road allocations from Transport Infrastructure Ireland that were detailed to the meeting. Councillors were informed that representations to the TII would take place in order to acquire the further funding needed for ...

At the recent monthly meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District an update was provided by Sinn Féin councillor Seán Conlon on the latest developments following on from Coillte’s public consultation opportunity aimed at shaping that agency’s strategic plans including how they manage state forests such as Rossmore Park. Referring to a stakeholders meeting attended by Coillte management and members of the public who had engaged in the consultation process, Cllr Conlon stated, “Following on from the public’s response to Coillte’s invitation for submissions seeking input and guidance in how best to serve ...

By Veronica Corr “The aim of the Town Team is to energise and reinvigorate Monaghan Town through a strong partnership of retailers, consumers, citizens, local communities and the local authority” — So said the invitation to the inception meeting in the Westenra Hotel which took place on Wednesday, November 25th, which saw stakeholders gather to hear for themselves about the concept that will revitalise the town centre. Director of Services for Planning, Economic and Community Development with Monaghan County Council Paul Clifford acted as MC at the event. He began by stating that ...

Fáilte Ireland met tourism representatives from Monaghan on Tuesday, November 24 in the Johnstown House Hotel, Enfield to discuss the recent performance of the industry in the region. The gathering also heard an outline of the tourism authority’s plans for the year ahead. It was stated that 2015 was a good year for tourism across the south and east region, which welcomed 3.1 million overseas visitors – a growth of 9% over last year. Fáilte Ireland CEO Shaun Quinn explained that this increase was particularly boosted by a strong growth in leisure visitors ...

SENTENCING was adjourned at last week’s sitting of Monaghan District court in the case of a local teenager who went on what was described as a “rampage” of crime that included the theft of two vehicles as well as serious damage to another vehicle and to a shop window that was smashed. Nineteen-year-old Dermot O’Leary was described by Judge Denis McLoughlin as being “totally out of control” during the incidents over a two-week period in May and June of this year — during which time he had been on the drink ...

An atmosphere of authentic festive bonhomie reigned in the centre of Monaghan Town on a crisp Sunday afternoon last as thousands assembled to enjoy the switch-on of the county capital’s Christmas lighting scheme. Monaghan’s own Tommy Bowe got a reception as raucous and rapturous as any that had greeted him in his glittering international rugby union career as he stepped forward to do the honours in company with the Cathaoirleach of the Monaghan Municipal District, Colr Robbie Gallagher. Tommy professed himself moved and taken aback by the warmth of the welcome he ...