Articles in the GAA Category

The Co Monaghan LEO or Local Enterprise Office helped sustain a total of 806 full-time and part-time jobs in 2015, statistics revealed this week. The Annual Employment Survey of the country’s enterprises offices disclosed that the Monaghan LEO was responsible for 153 “gross” job gains, and 51 “net” gains last year, when it also provided services to 156 clients. A net total of 3,533 new full and part-time jobs were delivered in 2015 by the 6,500 small businesses from across the country that have been supported by the Local Enterprise Offices, Minister ...

 The Beech Hill College/Bank of Ireland school bank has been in operation in the school for almost 3 years now. Since its formation it has gone from strength to strength.   The current student management team is made up of Ruan Dos Santas (Branch Manager), Michael Misiakiewicz (Audit and Compliance Manager), Migle Simkute (Marketing Manager), Aoife McElvaney (Customer Services Official), Martin Smyth (Customer Services Official), Chloe McElmeel (Customer Services Official) and Raluca Andronic (Customer Services Official). They took over in May 2015 following the retirement of the previous management ...

Monaghan begin their defence of the Ulster Senior Football Championship title when they take on Down in St Tiarnach’s Park, Clones, on Sunday at 2pm. by COLM SHALVEY W ith Fermanagh, Tyrone and Cavan having justified favourites’ status in the three Ulster SFC games to date and the recent games in other provinces also following the form guide, Monaghan will hope that trend continues on Sunday. Monaghan go into this one with odds as low as 1/4 and although that may set alarm bells ringing for supporters who have seen Down teams ...

By Kevin Carney There has been a stuttering start to this year’s Ulster SFC but the competition still has few equals when it comes to generating excitement, spawning drama and engineering outcomes least expected. Safe to say, the only thing we can safely predict from here on in is that Monaghan and Donegal won’t be meeting for a fifth year running in the Ulster senior final. Save, say, the Munster SHC, the football championship in this neck of the woods is the one that consistently gives more than any of its peers. ...

BY PATRICK SMYTH There was a great air of nostalgia in the Acorn Centre, Newbliss, on Friday night last as the Killeevan Sarsfield’s club rounded off their centenary celebrations with the launch of the official history of the club, “Killeevan Sarsfield’s: A Centenary History 1915-2015 and Parish Record” by JP Graham. In welcoming everyone, Club Chairman Dominic McPhillips spoke of the great achievement that it was to have the efforts of the founding fathers and the successive generations of people recorded and documented and he thanked the author and described the work ...

Scotstown 1-20 Doohamlet 1-07 By COLM SHALVEY Scotstown made a convincing start to their defence of the SFC title with a comfortable preliminary-round win over Doohamlet in Castleblayney last Sunday. Shane Carey and Conor McCarthy tormented the Doohamlet defence, kicking 1-13 between them, as Scotstown powered to a sixth consecutive SFC win. James Turley, Dónal Morgan and Orin Heaphey were also prominent for Scotstown in the absence of the suspended Darren and Kieran Hughes, while Doohamlet struggled for scores from play and from frees without the injured Barry McGinn. Scotstown started brightly with a ...

By Kevin Carney The Ulster SFC has started. Last Sunday, Fermanagh enjoyed a sprint start in their victory (1-12 to 0-9) against Antrim. But most observers would concur that the opening game of this year’s provincial championship was sadly more of a false start. Fermanagh boss Peter McGrath talked after the game about his side having “sleep-walked” their way through the second half against Antrim. Unfortunately, ‘sleep’ was the operative word richocheting around the rafters of Brewster Park’s well-stocked stand. Those who made their way to the match were the lucky ones for ...

County Monaghan Group of Credit Unions Senior Football League Round Up Clontibret moved top of the County Monaghan Group of Credit Unions Senior Football League after taking three points last week. The first of those was earned in a draw with neighbours Doohamlet last Wednesday. Clontibret raced ahead in this game and Conor McManus led them to a 1-8 to 1-4 half-time lead, a four-point gap that they maintained until a spirited final quarter by Doohamlet earned them a share of the spoils on a scoreline of 1-12 apiece. Clontibret were then ...

The club championships get underway this weekend, with five games in the Monaghan  SFC and two in the JFC. by COLM SHALVEY The Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship gets underway on Saturday evening with Magheracloone v Monaghan Harps in Aughnamullen. Just a point separates these teams in the league (in fact, after six rounds, there is no more than two points between any of the sides meeting this weekend). Magheracloone saw a three-game unbeaten streak ended by the narrowest of margins in Truagh last Saturday, while the Harps ended a three-match ...

Colm Shalvey reports FINGAL                 2-19 MONAGHAN             3-14 Monaghan missed out on the direct route to the Nicky Rackard Cup semi-finals when they lost a high-scoring Round 2A game against Fingal in Castleblayney last Saturday. Stephen Lambe hit 1-2 early on as Monaghan started brightly, but Fingal hit 2-2 without reply at the start of the second quarter: the goals from John Matthew Sheridan and Darren Renahan. Fingal stayed narrowly ahead for most of the second half and even though two ...