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DELIGHT AS NEW SCHOOL BUILDING APPEARS TO GET GO-AHEAD AFTER YEARS OF DELAY Michael McDonnell THE MINISTER CAME, he listened, he spoke and he even sang — but his main message at the Holy Family School in Cootehill was, “Yes We Will!” Well okay, he didn’t use those exact words, but the whole gist of what Minister of State for Disability Issues Finian McGrath had to say during his visit on Monday would have chimed with the Obama variant — and he more or less guaranteed that work on the ...

Michael Fisher Landowners opposed to EirGrid’s plans for the North South interconnector have hardened their resolve to stop the planned pylons and overhead high voltage electricity line across the drumlin countryside. They say they will fight against the line ‘tooth and nail until the bitter end’. A representative group of over a dozen landowners handed in a statement…

Chief Executive of Monaghan Co Council Eamonn O’Sullivan and Council Cathaoirleach, Sinn Féin councillor Cathy Bennett, joined with other Chief Executives, Cathoirleachs and Mayors of local authorities in the Irish Border corridor region for the presentation in Brussels on Wednesday, October 11 last of a report detailing the potential impact of Brexit in…

Multi-directional forklifts manufacturer Combilift has signed a contract with Civmec, an Australian construction and engineering company, that is worth an additional $1 million to the Monaghan company. Civmec are an integrated, multidisciplined construction and engineering services provider to the oil and gas, metals and minerals, infrastructure and defence markets in Australia. The contact signing in Sydney was witnessed by Tánaiste and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Frances Fitzgerald TD at an Enterprise Ireland lunch attended by…

The operation to restore normality to Co Monaghan after the disruption caused by the Storm Ophelia extreme weather event which hit the country on Monday last is now well advanced. Monaghan is regarded as having been impacted less severely than some other parts of the country by the storm, which claimed three lives nationwide, caused considerable damage and left many homes without electricity. However, power cuts did hit some homes in the county and road transport was considerably disrupted on some minor and county roads in particular by fallen trees ...

pictured after his call to the inner bar in the Supreme Court. The new Senior Counsel is pictured with his wife Dr Hilda Cummins and their son Jack V. On the left is Vincent’s sister Catherine Martin TD, Deputy Leader of the Green Party, and her husband Councillor Francis Noel Duffy. On right is Vincent’s brother, psychologist Shane Martin, with his wife Deirdre. A former member of Monaghan Co Council, Vincent was educated at St Macartan’s College, Monaghan, Maynooth University, U.C.D. and The Honorable Society of King’s Inns. He is ...

The Monaghan Town Team business organisation has been recognised as a model of European good practice for the work it has done in the field of urban revitalisation. The URBACT Good Practice Award was formally presented in Tallinn, Estonia last weekend to Monaghan Town Centre Coordinator Trevor Connolly and Máire Cullinan from Monaghan Co Council’s Economic Development and Urban Regeneration section. The local representatives also took part in the URBACT City Festival to learn about tried and tested solutions to urban challenges. In a media release this week, Monaghan Town ...

Combilift, the Monaghan-based manufacturer of multidirectional forklifts has signed a contract with Paves Asia Pacific PTE Ltd to launch its ‘straddle carrier’ product in Asia. Launched in 2010, the Combilift Straddle Carrier (Combi-SC) range was developed by Combilift as a more cost effective and flexible solution for distribution, shipping and haulage companies. Paves Asia Pacific PTE Ltd is a supplier of different construction equipment and have been named as one of the leading specialists in its field. The contract signing was witnessed by Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Business, Enterprise ...

“We’re not the big bad wolf” spokesperson says “Pure Propaganda” claim anti-pylon groups Michael Fisher There has been a shift in local support for the North South electricity interconnector, according to EirGrid, since it got planning permission for the major infrastructure project in the Republic last December. Meanwhile the semi-state company is pushing ahead with its plans in order to begin construction of the high voltage overhead line in the middle of next year. Following information obtained by the County Monaghan Anti Pylon Committee, EirGrid confirmed it had issued a public tender ...

The entire North Monaghan community was plunged into mourning this week after the death of a well-known local man in a tragic workplace accident. Gary Askin, aged 28, of Cornacrieve, Emyvale died at the Cornacrieve Mushrooms processing plant on Wednesday last, September 13. Emergency services were called to the plant shortly after 8 pm to attend to three men suffering breathing difficulties, Gardaí stated. Accounts of the incident suggest that Gary was working alongside his brother Stephen and a Polish colleague when Stephen became trapped in a wood chip silo. ...