Articles in the This Week’s Newspaper Category

By PATSY McARDLE CONCERNS expressed over several weeks about the dilapidated and deteriorating state of entranceway buildings to Lough Muckno, and the Hope Castle Estate in Castleblayney, were eased somewhat this week by the news that an allocation of €40,000 is being provided for badly needed restoration work at Hope Castle gate lodge at Castle Square in Blayney. Local residents in the area, as well as the owners of some business establishments, were very concerned by the hazard posed for some time by the state of the buildings. One guest-house owner had claimed ...

DESPITE continued surveillance by gardai and revenue units along the Monaghan/Armagh border, in an ongoing bid to thwart the continued laundering of diesel by racketeers, a further consignment of diesel sludge was dumped last week on a lay-by along the main Castleblayney/Dundalk Road, near the South Armagh border in Co. Monaghan. Following the huge clearance operation, Monaghan County Council revealed   that a whopping €113,000 has already been spent by the Council in cleaning up dumped diesel-wash sludge, in the first four months of this year. Six large cubes of sludge were discovered ...

Construction starts on new €36 million milk powder plant, to open in 2016 The major cross-border dairy processing co-operative Lakeland Dairies has reported a 15% increase in revenues to €625.8 million for 2014, yielding an operating profit of €12.9 million, up by 10% on the previous year. Chief Executive Michael Hanley said: “These are very robust results, set against difficult market conditions in 2014, where Lakeland Dairies also paid a competitive milk price. We experienced consistently strong demand across our portfolio of dairy ingredients and dairy foodservice products. This was achieved through organic ...

Then, happy low, lie down! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown Shakespeare’s famous summation of the burdens of command in Henry IV will resonate strongly with the leaders of the political parties contesting the Westminster elections up for decision in the next days. For there could be regicidal consequences for some of the figures who have occupied centrestage in Northern Ireland and UK politics over the past decade or so from what is widely expected to be an indeterminate outcome when the votes are tallied. Such is the do or die ...

By PATSY McARDLE LOCAL Sinn Féin MEP for the Midlands North West, Matt Carthy, has welcomed a vote in the European Parliament during the week to speed up the delivery of Youth Employment Initiative funds to member states, including Ireland, which will result in almost €1 billion becoming accessible in the coming year. He declared this move puts the onus on the Irish government to implement a comprehensive jobs, education and a training plan to meet its ‘Youth Guarantee’ commitments. The Carrickmacross-based MEP said:“Sinn Féin has been outspoken in criticising the inadequacy of ...

By Cianna McNally A number of fundraisers have been organised in support of a child from Clones who was born without a left shoulder and arm. Rhys Reihill Duffy, who will turn five in September, is son of Michelle Duffy and Niall Reihill and lives in O’Neill Park, Clones. He is one of only three children in Ireland to suffer from a rare brain disorder called Schizencephaly, a mild form of cerebral palsy. After being told by Irish doctors that there was nothing that could be done for him in terms of a prosthetic limb, Rhys’ parents contacted ...

After a weekend of heavy rain the sun came out on our bank holiday Monday for the Monaghan Lions Club Annual Golf Classic in aid of the County Monaghan Branch of the Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland. Golfers travelled from far and wide to be part of the day and hopefully be in with a chance to win some of the excellent prizes on offer sponsored by Scania Ireland, O’Loughlin Insurance and Concra Wood Golf Club. Monaghan Lions Club would like to say a huge word of thanks to all the people ...

Job Shadow Day, sponsored by IrishJobs.ie is a great opportunity to promote and encourage an inclusive workplace. Jobseekers gain an insight into a particular job or professional field by joining up for the day with a business in their community. Participants explore the world of work by ‘shadowing’ someone in the workplace as they go about their normal working routine. For the second year, Monaghan County Council has teamed up with Drumlin House training centre to support Job shadow day in county Monaghan. Social inclusion development officer with Monaghan County Council ...

Monaghan           4-10 Longford                 0-10 By COLM SHALVEY MONAGHAN made a fine start to the Nicky Rackard Cup with a convincing win over Longford at wet and windy Clones last Saturday. Despite playing two-thirds of this game with 14 men after Fergal Rafter was harshly sent off for two bookings in quick succession, Monaghan won both halves by two goals to go through with plenty to spare. Longford began with purpose and trailed by just a point on 25 minutes, playing ...

May 24th will see Monaghan and Cavan going head-to-head at Kingspan Breffni Park in the Ulster Senior Football Championship. by JOHN GRAHAM As of this moment in time with the launch of the senior football championship being held last night, Wednesday, May 6th in the Abbey Hotel in Donegal town, all nine counties can entertain thoughts of winning the 2015 Ulster senior football championship. Not too many though would give public voice to those thoughts given that not a ball has been kicked in anger and no doubt endless dramatic scenes ...