Articles in the Scotstown Category

A Co Monaghan farmer has created an innovative way to help thousands of his snails have a second chance at finding love. Dad-of-two Kieran Corley, the founder of Irish skincare company Bragan Skincare, harvests the key ingredient, snail mucin, directly from his Scotstown snail farm. The snails, who mate for life, will not always find their partner on the first attempt – but matchmaker Kieran, 54, has come up with a solution to give lonely singles another chance to find “the one”. “Snails are monogamous – and at the end ...

PETER HUGHES Plans by telecommuniations company Eir to erect masts in central locations close to residences in the villages of Scotstown and Scotshouse in Co Monaghan have met with concerted community opposition. Campaigns to have work on the masts halted have been initiated in both villages and won the backing of the members of Monaghan Co Council at their May monthly meeting on Tuesday afternoon. A motion of urgent business calling on Eir to remove the masts was put forward by Sinn Féin’s Cathy Bennett and seconded by her party ...

Minister Ossian Smyth, Minister of State with responsibility for Public Procurement, eGovernment and Circular Economy recently recognised the participation of Rally School Ireland, Scotstown in the successful Electric ELVES training programme for Authorised Treatments Facilities, (ATFs or permitted scrapyards) who are involved in the collection and recycling of electric vehicle batteries. The presentation was made to David Smyth of Rally School Ireland at Plunket College, Dublin. The Electric ELVES programme was developed by ELVES, Ireland’s End-of-Life Vehicle compliance scheme and has been running since 2018. Electric ELVES provides free collection ...

JACK MADDEN There is a certain ambition involved in winning. When success comes, the most driven teams generally keep achieving. Success breeds success. In Monaghan GAA circles, Scotstown have been the epitome of this for the best part of a decade. But players can only do so much. Management can only do so much. The essence of the GAA is community, and with over seventy senior men’s players alone, Scotstown have a bigger community than most. New chairman Shane Stirrat is trying his best to be the glue that holds the ...

A wildfire management plan for Sliabh Beagh is currently being developed by the CANN (Collaborative Action for the Natura Network) Project. This is funded by the EU’s INTERREG VA Programme, through the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). The aim is to prevent a repeat of incidents, such as the fire in 2017 when over 700ha of land was destroyed including important habitat, plants and animal species. The fire safety management plan will include the arrangements for implementing, controlling, monitoring, and reviewing fire safety standards and ensuring that the standards are ...

There has been widespread condemnation of the dumping of around 35 carcases of dead lambs in the scenic Sliabh Beagh area of North Monaghan. The dead animals were discovered along the popular Esh walking trail near Poll an Aifrinn in the area on Wednesday of last week when local people alerted Monaghan Co Council, who put in place an operation to have the carcases removed from the area. The Co Council said that the lambs were dumped in twos and threes every 20-30 metres for a distance of approximately a ...

Pictured is Mary Callery from the Crocus Cancer Support Group in Monaghan, accepting the presentation of €5,710 from some of the representatives of the Scotstown Ladies GFC Senior Team and management, Laura Carey, right and Alanna and Abbie McCarey. The money is half of the proceeds of the teams virtual run around Ireland, which raised a total of €11,420, with a matching amount presented to Breast Cancer Ireland. The players and management were delighted to have raised such a generous amount and thanked everybody who supported them in the fundraiser, ...

AMENITY GETS €276,385 FOR MAJOR UPGRADE Hollywood Forest Park in North Monaghan is set for a major upgrade of its amenities following Monday’s announcement by Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys TD of an allocation of €276,385 from her Department’s Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme. The monies will fund the provision of a quality freshwater bathing site and the upgrading of walks, picnic and seating areas, changing facilities, toilets and fishing stands. “Also included is the creation of a strong identity for the amenity and signposting throughout the site,” Minister ...

This beautiful tableau was captured by Northern Standard photographer Rory Geary on the frozen Hollywood Lake near Scotstown this week, with ducks taking flight and a swan serene in the nascent New Year light.

The Gardaí were liaising with the PSNI in relation to the investigation of a number of burnt-out vehicles found in the Knockatallon and Scotstown areas, it was stated at Tuesday’s meeting of the Co Monaghan Joint Policing Committee. The occurrences were brought to the meeting’s attention by Monaghan Co Council member Cathy Bennett. Referring to a recent report she had received of a burnt-out car in the Knockatallon area, Councillor Bennett said she had subsequently been made aware of two similar incidents of this nature, leading to Monaghan Co Council ...