Articles in the Emyvale Category

The north Monaghan man who was tragically killed in the earthquake that struck Christchurch, New Zealand on Tuesday has been named as 40-year-old Owen McKenna, who was originally from Brackagh, Emyvale. Mr McKenna, who was a general nurse and worked as manager of the accident and emergency department at the city’s main hospital, had moved to New Zealand in 2002. He was married to local woman Sarah Lothian, and they had two young children, Grace, aged 7 and Tadhg (4) . According to reports, the Monaghan man’s car ...

A native of Emyvale in Co Monaghan was recently awarded an honorary MBE in recognition of her long and distinguished service in the field of nursing. Mrs Ann Readhead, born Ann McKenna and from Figullar in Emyvale, was presented with the insignia of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire by the British Minister for Public Health Anne Milton in the Department of Health in October. The honour recognises a 33-year career with the National Health Service in Britain and her contribution not alone to the nursing of the ...

Christmas morning arrived. The temperature was minus ten Degrees Centigrade. The ground was covered in snow with eight inches of ice on Emy Lake (verified by Keith Murphy). Last year we only had to contend with a minus 8 temperature and three inches of ice. Large numbers from all over North Monaghan had travelled on treacherous roads, at great personal risk, to attend the swim. The organising committee had to sort matters out quickly. They did so in style by replacing the Christmas Day Swim with a “Christmas Day Walk ...

michael@northern-standard.ie Workmen who had intended building a four-foot high concrete wall for the Co Council at a scenic riverside walkway in Emyvale found themselves between a rock and a hard place on Tuesday morning when they were confronted by irate local residents who insisted that it would destroy the view. A compromise was reached later in the evening following a meeting between a number of local people and the builders, which was also attended by independent county councillor Seamus Treanor and one of the council’s senior engineers, Mr Donal McElwain. It was ...