Articles in the Cootehill Category

PLANS to establish a single representative body to highlight and pursue the interests of people working in all aspects of the poultry sector took a first major step on Friday night last at a public meeting organised by Marion Harkin MEP for the North and West region WRITES MICHAEL McDONNELL. Up 100 people involved in the poultry industry, which has long been a major sector in the Monaghan and Cavan areas, including broiler chicken growers, egg layers, egg packagers, free-range producers and others in the sector attended the meeting ...

BY MICHAEL MCDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie History was made in Cootehill on Sunday afternoon last when poppies were worn with pride and dignity by many of those in attendance as a large crowd gathered to witness the opening of a new Peace Garden to pay a permanent tribute to soldiers from both sides of the Border who lost their lives in the First World War, other wars and in the service of peace for the United Nations. The well-organised event, which was organised by the Tanagh branch of the Organisation of National Ex-Servicemen ...

By Michael McDonnell michael@northern-standard.ie A stand-off has developed at Co-operative Poultry Products Ltd, Cootehill, where workers are staging a sit-in to pursue their demands for up-front payments of money they say they are due, including outstanding pay, notice pay, annual leave and minimum statutory redundancy entitlements. Mr Simon Coyle of the accountancy firm Mazars was appointed receiver by the company’s bank on Monday evening, signalling the loss of up on 90 jobs (including upwards of 70 production staff, with the remainder working in management and administration). The livelihoods of a ...

By Michael McDonnell michael@northern-standard.ie Fears were mounting this week for the future of Co-operative Poultry Products Ltd, Cootehill, which is understood to be in serious financial difficulties due to increased production costs over the last 18 months. Up on 90 processing jobs are at risk in the long-established chicken production plant at Dyan, off the Monaghan road about two miles outside Cootehill, while the livelihoods of 28 chicken growers (about one third of whom are the shareholders in the company) are also in jeopardy. The Northern Standard has learned that ...

By Michael McDonnell michael@northern-standard.ie Gardai in Cootehill have had a patrol vehicle made available to them again this week, after having had to make do “on foot” since the previous car was withdrawn from the local station in July of this year.  The move, which has been welcomed by local public representatives, effectively reverses the earlier decision that had been one of an ongoing series of cost-cutting measures being implemented around the country. The loss of a car had prompted an outcry at the lack of such a basic facility for ...

By Michael McDonnell michael@northern-standard.ie It is intended that the livestock mart in Cootehill will reopen at some time in February or March of next year, a development which will be welcomed by the local farming community and would also be a boost to the economy of the town in general. The premises on Cootehill’s Station Road had for many years been a hive of activity, especially on Mondays and Wednesdays when the cattle and sheep marts were held respectively. But the large galvanised shed had become something of an eyesore ...

READY TO PARADE! – Pictured here are some of the students from the Erne Special School, Enniskillen and the Holy Family School, Cootehill as they get ready to take part in the International Fund For Ireland / Peace III Opening Parade for Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann 2012 in Cavan. Also included in the photo are parents, teachers, and musicians Mickey McDonnell (back, left) and Meave Clancy (back, second from left) who participated in a 12-week music-for-fun workshops programme with the children in each school prior to the summer break.

A leading researcher at the University of Limerick whose family hails from Cootehill has recently been awarded significant funding towards vital research being carried in the development of electronic products, a key industry for promoting growth in the Irish economy. Dr Mark Halton, a native of Kill, Cootehill, has been awarded €346,600 in research funding by Enterprise Ireland, which will be used to help develop software to support rapid innovation for Irish-based semiconductor companies. These are the firms that develop power supplies for everyday commercial electronic ...

By Veronica Corr Dartrey Forest was the stunning backdrop to the inaugural Tails ‘n’ Trails Dryland Mushing National Championship Final which took place over last weekend, on Saturday night and Sunday morning. Paul Treanor from Glaslough, joined the internet based club three years ago and was the one to suggest bringing an event to Monaghan, Rockcorry to be precise. His efforts were rewarded as he won the canicross class. His interest in the sport was first ignited when he met Michael Rolston, who is a UK-based husky dog breeder. Paul later ...

There was shock and sadness in Cootehill on Sunday last at news of the death of 23-year-old Siobhan Kennefick-Ahearne, the mother of a six -year-old daughter and four-year-old twins, a boy and girl. Ms Kennefick-Ahearne, of 42 Lodge View, Cootehill, had become ill shortly after attending the ‘Planet Love’ music festival at Shane’s Castle, Co Antrim, which she had left with her boyfriend Noel after he completed his shift as a security guard at the event. They are believed to have left the festival, which was attended by ...