Castleblayney
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Man jailed for eight years for ‘one-punch’ manslaughter
- Circuit Court
- June 19, 2019, 16:08
A 27-year-old Co Monaghan man who caused the death of a popular chef and father of four in a “single-punch” incident has been sentenced to eight years(...)

Pop culture in Ireland was always divided between North and South
- Culture
- June 15, 2019, 05:00
In the analogue era, receiving RTÉ in most parts of Northern Ireland required an extra aerial. A symbol of reaching out for a signal from somewhere el(...)

Witness tells Fermoy murder trial of seeing two men being beaten
- Irish News
- May 3, 2019, 19:23
A truck driver has told a murder trial he was sitting in his lorry at a filling station in north Cork when saw two men beating two other men on the gr(...)

New Bishop of Catholic diocese of Clogher is ordained in Monaghan
- Religion & Beliefs
- February 11, 2019, 17:49
The episcopal ordination of the new Bishop of Clogher Larry Duffy took place at St Macartan’s Cathedral in Monaghan on Sunday. It follows the announc(...)

Stephen Marron funeral told he planned Christmas trip with children
- Irish News
- December 1, 2018, 14:13
A father-of-two who was killed in a two-car collision in Castleblayney on Tuesday has been described at his funeral as man who was “so life-giving”. (...)

Father killed when parked car struck by speeding vehicle pursued by gardaí
- Irish News
- November 28, 2018, 08:27
A father-of-two (47) was killed in Co Monaghan on Tuesday night when his parked car was struck by a speeding vehicle which was being pursued at the ti(...)

Partner of Big Tom’s son dies after complications after giving birth
- Irish News
- November 6, 2018, 19:33
The funeral of a woman who died of complications after giving birth to a baby girl is to take place in Co Monaghan on Wednesday. Rita Bogdanova, the (...)

Concession Road: Where the Border fuels business
- Irish News
- October 20, 2018, 04:01
The N53 Castleblayney to Dundalk road slices through the southern tip of Co Armagh. Travelling from Monaghan, the road enters Northern Ireland where (...)

Big Tom ‘monumentalised among the people who loved him best’
- Irish News
- September 23, 2018
Big Tom was still very much alive when his long-time friend Margo first suggested that there should be a statue of him in his home town. He was not en(...)

Exploring the Border: A frontier marked by myriad crossings
- Politics
- September 1, 2018, 06:00
There are more than twice as many border crossings in Co Monaghan alone as there are between Norway and Sweden, an international boundary much beloved(...)