Articles tagged with: Dublin Street

“It is a shame and an absolute disgrace” – the forthright comments of Monaghan Municipal District spokesperson Bernie McElvaney to the Northern Standard this week summated the public reaction to the wanton vandalism of flower planting in the Dublin Street area of Monaghan Town on Wednesday, June 24 last. Ms McElvaney pointed out that the flower arrangements had only that day been made up and put on public display to enhance the appearance of the town for the benefit of local businesses and visitors. “Considerable money and time was spent ...

Lands located to the north east of Dublin Street in Monaghan Town could be utilised to create “a new impetus for commercial activity in the town over the next ten years”, according to a draft Local Area Action Plan, or LAAP, presented to the December meeting of Monaghan Town Council by Monaghan Co Council planners Adrian Hughes and Toirleach Gourley. Under the plan a new street – developed on the at present unutilised land behind Dublin Street – would link Old Cross Square with The Diamond and provide the ...