By Cianna McNally
Funding of €155,000 for the Castleblayney area was warmly welcomed at the October meeting of Carrickmacross-Castleblayney Municipal District, which took place this week.
Monaghan Co Council made a successful application to the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government’s Rural Economic Development Zone (REDZ) pilot initiative and was granted €75,000. Carrickmacross-Castleblayney Municipal District councillors agreed on Monday to provide matching funding of €80,000 from the general Municipal fund which has been ringfenced for economic development. The money will benefit Castleblayney town and Lough Egish.
Speaking on Monday, Fine Gael councillor …