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We are introducing more big changes in the library service in County Monaghan.  On Thursday 2nd March, all libraries in County Monaghan will open their doors using the new national library computer system. Libraries Ireland is a government-sponsored initiative providing ready access to the library stock of all public libraries in Ireland. So what does this mean to you the customer – first of all you will have access to all the books and stock from all 344 public libraries in Ireland, which is over 10million items!! Wow…. Other changes for ...

busy week for county teams, Monaghan will be bidding to stretch their unbeaten run in the Allianz National Football League Division One when they make the much shorter trip to Omagh for round four on Saturday evening. Last Sunday’s win away to Kerry put Monaghan top of the table ahead of this local derby, which comes just six days after the Healy Park pitch was unplayable for Tyrone’s scheduled clash with Cavan. All involved will be hoping for an improvement in the weather in the next few days to help conditions ...

The manager’s view A very pleased Malachy O’Rourke reckons the nature of Monaghan’s display in beating Kerry last Sunday was just as satisfying as picking up another two NFL points. O’Rourke says his side handled the pressure of going into the lion’s den very well and rebounded superbly after conceding an early goal which asked some serious questions of Monaghan: “We are delighted with the win obviously, but maybe even more so with the performance,” O’Rourke confirmed, “because there are times that you win and you don’t perform well on the day. “We ...

Kevin Carney In the same weekend that Hollywood’s film industry captured the headlines for all the wrong reasons, Monaghan’s senior footballer produced yet another blockbuster Broadway affair down in the Kingdom. O’Rourke and co have become something akin to serial winners in the deep south and last Sunday, Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney morphed into a dreamscape for the second successive season as Kerry were downed (1-10 to 2-8) in a topsy-turvy NFL Division One clash. In looking ahead here last week to the Kerry game, we felt that Monaghan could go toe-to-toe with ...

Gardaí, medical profession voice deep concern at strategic plan launch By Cianna McNally Authoritative voices from the policing and medical professions have presented a stark picture of the menace that alcohol and drugs, in particular synthetic cannabinoids, are posing to the health and wellbeing of young people in Co Monaghan.   Garda Superintendent Noel Cunningham and Dr Ashraf Butt, Emergency Department consultant at Cavan General Hospital, were speaking at Friday’s launch in Castleblayney of the Monaghan Drugs and Alcohol Forum strategic plan 2016-2021.  (See full report and photos from the launch on page ...

A significant accolade came the way of long-established Monaghan printing firm R & S Printers Limited at the 2016 GAA MacNamee Awards presentation in Croke Park last Friday evening. The R & S Printers-produced official Co Monaghan GAA Yearbook took the award for Best GAA Publication, which was presented on the night by Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael Aogán Ó Fearghail. A limited number of editions of the Yearbook are currently available from Eason at Church Square in Monaghan Town. Our picture, from Cody Glenn/Sportsile, shows from left: Uachtarán Ó Fearghail; Yearbook editor Colm ...

“One of the best @irishrugby open training sessions I’ve been lucky enough to play a part in. Cracking atmosphere and turnout! Credit to everyone involved!!!” This was the Instagram post that Ireland No 8 Jamie Heaslip posted last weekend in response to his attendance at the Ireland rugby squad training camp at Monaghan Rugby Club last Friday, February 17. This was only one of many unreservedly positive reactions to the visit of the squad to Monaghan as part of their preparations for Saturday’s Six Nations international against France at the Aviva ...

By Cianna McNally Wi-Fi is on its way to Ballybay and Clones after members of Ballybay-Clones Municipal District approved funding of €20,000 for it this week. A Wi-Fi point will be located on Ballybay’s Main Street centred in the library and will stretch as far as the pedestrian crossing while Clones will have three points – in the old library building on the Diamond, in Clones Branch Library and on Fermanagh Street. This service, which is being delivered through the I.T section of Monaghan County Council, is ...

Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board have announced that they will be offering Phrase 2 training for electrical apprentices at Monaghan Institute on the Monaghan Education Campus starting in September 2017. The development was welcomed as “very good news for Monaghan” by Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs, and Fine Gael TD for Cavan/Monaghan Heather Humphreys. “The Government recognises that apprenticeship training plays an important role in job creation and the growth of sustainable jobs,” Minister Humphreys stated. “In order to continue to spread job creation, we need ...

Concerns that preparations for the introduction of a “hard Border” between the Republic and Northern Ireland were already in train were voiced at the latest white line protest organised by the Border Communities Against Brexit campaign group on Saturday morning last. The Border crossing between Monaghan and Tyrone at Moybridge was the location for the local element of the protest, the main focus of which was centred on the M1 motorway at Carrickarnon between Dundalk and Newry and incorporated a “go slow” on the main road route. Local Border Communities Against Brexit ...