Taking in Charge of Tullyhirm Lane, Monaghan

NOTICE of Intention to Declare a road to be a Public Road under Section 11 of the Roads Act 1993 – 2007 & Local Government Reform Act 2014.

Monaghan County Council in the Municipal District of Monaghan hereby gives Notice of its intention to consider at the Monaghan Municipal District Meeting to be held in the M-Tek Building, Knockaconny, Monaghan on 19th July, 2021 at 10am, the making of a declaration that a section of the undermentioned road should be declared a public road.

Name of road                    Location                        Terminal points                                      Length of road

Tullyhirm Lane          Tullyhirm, Monaghan      From Tullyhirm Bridge                      490 metres                                                                                                  Local road No. LS 5512-0 for 490m

A location map identifying the lane which is intended to be declared a ‘public road’ is available for inspection on our website at https://monaghan.ie/monaghan-county-council-notices, for a period of one month commencing on the 3rd of June 2021. The Council will consider any objections/ representations regarding the proposal which are submitted in writing to the Municipal District Co-ordinator, Municipal District of Monaghan, County Offices, Glen Road, Monaghan H18 YT50.

Tel: 047-73777

Closing date for receipt of objections/ representations is 5.00 p.m. on the 16th July 2021.

Map Of Tullyhirm Lane Section – PDF

Monaghan County Council Notices 3rd June 2021

Monaghan County Council

Expression of Interest

Purchase of Houses and/or Land for Social Housing 2021-2022

Monaghan County Council is seeking expressions of interest from Developers, Contractors, Homeowners and Landowners for the purchase of houses and/or land for Social Housing purposes in the following areas across the County:

  • Monaghan Town
  • Carrickmacross
  • Castleblayney
  • Clones
  • Ballybay
  • Emyvale
  • All other towns/villages in County Monaghan where there is a Housing Need

 

The house types needed are as follows:
2-bedroom  73% (15% for elderly and people with disabilities)
3-bedroom  21% (3% for elderly and people with disabilities)
4-bedroom  5% (0.5% for elderly and for people with disabilities)
Larger and other accessible houses for addressing specific needs 1%

The proposed houses/land should ideally suit the size of the town or village as follows:
Towns and villages with populations up to 1,000:- scheme size up to 20 houses
Towns and villages with populations > 1,000 up to 5,000:- scheme size up to 30 houses
Towns and villages with populations greater than 5,000:- scheme size up to 40 houses

Monaghan County Council is interested in proposals on greenfield and brownfield sites and is particularly interested in seeing proposals from Developers for developments that propose to bring vacant or derelict properties into use and/or that propose to demolish derelict properties and build new dwellings in their place. These will be considered as Buy & Renew Turnkey proposals where the Developer buys and renovates the property to like-new condition and sells to Monaghan County Council.

Houses to be of interest to the Council, must be close to services in a town or village, ideally within one mile (1.6km) from shops, schools and local amenities.

Housing Design Standards should at a minimum meet the requirements and criteria set out in the Department of Housing and Planning publications “Quality Housing for Sustainable Communities” and “Employer’s Requirements for Detail Design of Quality Housing” and other relevant statutory planning and construction standards including Building Regulations.

Land to be considered must be zoned as “Existing Residential” or “Proposed Residential” and/or form part of an Unfinished Housing Development and/or be located in a town or village.

For further information please visit www.etenders.gov.ie or request an information pack from      Mrs. Deirdre Power, Housing Department, Monaghan County Council, Glen Offices, Monaghan, County Monaghan or email dpower@monaghancoco.ie or by phone at 047 30577.

If you have any land or houses available or that may become available shortly, you can complete the Submission Document with details, including: asking price, acreage of land, sizes of houses, number of bedrooms, ownership, date available, location map and BER (if available).

Submissions to be made by e-mail to housingprocurement@monaghancoco.ie marked and addressed “Expression of Interest in the Sale of Houses and/or Land to Monaghan County Council 2021-2022”

There are five closing dates for Submissions as detailed below;

  • Submission Date 1: 4pm on 30th June 2021
  • Submission Date 2: 4pm on 31st August 2021
  • Submission Date 3: 4pm on 30th November 2021
  • Submission Date 4: 4pm on 23rd February 2022
  • Submission Date 5: 4pm on 31st May 2022 (Final Closing Date)

Monaghan County Council is not obliged to purchase any of the houses or land submitted as part of this process.  House purchases are subject to the approval of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Monaghan County Council may also source houses and/or land by directly approaching property owners, estate agents, online property websites and by other appropriate means.


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Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons for inclusion on the following two panels from which future permanent or temporary vacancies arising during the lifetime of the panels may be filled:-

  • Staff Officer (Grade V)

(€43,633 – €52,401)

  • Assistant Civil Defence Officer (analogous to Grade 1V)

(€28,753 – €46,465)

Starting pay for new entrants will be at the minimum of the scale in accordance with

Circular E.L. 02/2011

Application forms and further details are available to download from www.monaghan.ie

or can be obtained from the:

Human Resource Management Section,

Monaghan County Council,

County Offices,

The Glen,

Monaghan,

Telephone No: 047 73702/73703

E-mail: recruitment@monaghancoco.ie

Shortlisting will take place on the basis of the information provided on the application form and it is expected that given the qualifications and experience of prospective applicants that the shortlisting requirements will be significantly higher than the minimum standard set out.

Closing date for the receipt of completed application forms:

4.00pm on Friday 18th June 2021

Applications must be submitted via the recruitment submission link available on our website www.monaghancoco.ie under current vacancies.

Monaghan County Council is an Equal Opportunities Employer

Canvassing will automatically disqualify


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NOTICE of Intention to Declare a road to be a Public Road under Section 11 of the Roads Act 1993 – 2007 & Local Government Reform Act 2014.

Monaghan County Council in the Municipal District of Monaghan hereby gives Notice of its intention to consider at the Monaghan Municipal District Meeting to be held in the M-Tek Building, Knockaconny, Monaghan on 19th July, 2021 at 10am, the making of a declaration that a section of the undermentioned road should be declared a public road.

Name of road                    Location                        Terminal points                                      Length of road

Tullyhirm Lane          Tullyhirm, Monaghan      From Tullyhirm Bridge                      490 metres                                                                                                  Local road No. LS 5512-0 for 490m

A location map identifying the lane which is intended to be declared a ‘public road’ is available for inspection on our website at https://monaghan.ie/monaghan-county-council-notices, for a period of one month commencing on the 3rd of June 2021. The Council will consider any objections/ representations regarding the proposal which are submitted in writing to the Municipal District Co-ordinator, Municipal District of Monaghan, County Offices, Glen Road, Monaghan H18 YT50.

Tel: 047-73777

Closing date for receipt of objections/ representations is 5.00 p.m. on the 16th July 2021.

Map Of Tullyhirm Lane – PDF

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Temporary Closing of Roads

Monaghan County Council gives notice to close the following roads in the Municipal District of Monaghan in County Monaghan:

Dates of Closure: Between Monday 21st June 2021 and Friday 8th October 2021 between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm

Each Road will be closed for a maximum of 2 weeks within the Closure Period

To facilitateRoad Improvement Works

Roads Closed:

  • R-213: For a distance of 4173m between its junction with the N-12 and its junction with the N-2: Tamlet, Garran Itra, Garran Otra, Tiravray, Lismenan.
  • R-162: For a distance of 4528m between its junction with the LP-1500 and its junction with the LS-5503: Tanderageebane, Leagh, Drumacruttan, Toniscoffy.

All Detours will be signposted in order to direct the Traffic. (Local Access and Emergency Vehicles will be catered for at all times).

This notice complies with the Roads Act 1993 (Section 75)

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Temporary Closing of Roads

Monaghan County Council gives notice of Intention to close the following road in the Municipal District of Ballybay/Clones in County Monaghan:

Date:      Monday 21st June 2021 to Friday 16th July 2021

To Facilitate:      Bridge Rehabilitation Works.

Road Closed: –

R-193-2 in the townlands of Glen/Clossagh Beg Co. Monaghan

Division Route: –

Traffic wishing to travel on the R-193 from Rockcorry village to the R-190 will be diverted onto the R-188, then turning right on to the R-183 at Swanns crossroads and continuing to Ballybay town, then turning right on the R-162, then continuing on to the R-190.

Traffic wishing to travel to Rockcorry village via the R-193 from the R-190 will be diverted by remaining on the R-190, continuing on the R-162 to Ballybay town, then turning left on to the R-183, then turning left on to the R-188 at Swanns crossroads and continuing to Rockorry village.

All Detours will be signposted to direct the Traffic. (R-193-1 Local Access only, no through at Bridge Works).

Any interested person may lodge an objection to closing the above-mentioned road with the Head of Roads, Monaghan County Council, MTEK II Building, Knockaconny, Monaghan, not later than Tuesday 8th June 2021.  Any objections must be clearly marked on the envelope “Objection To Road Closure”.

If you have any queries concerning this Road Closure, please contact the Roads Section, Mtek 2, Knockaconny, Monaghan at 047 30597 or email roads@monaghancoco.ie.

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Come back Cocooners initiative

Monaghan Age Friendly programme is delighted to launch our Come back Cocooners initiative beginning on June 1st, 2021.Monaghan Age Friendly Programme has partnered with local businesses to put in place special offers, promotions and discounts for older customers to support their return to shopping in local towns after a challenging time for everyone.
Promotional booklets are available in shops and businesses across the county. The promotional booklet includes details of some offers available along with timetables of bus services provided by Local link.
PICK UP YOUR FREE BOOKLET in shops and businesses in your local town. Look out for the Come back Cocooners promotional posters for many other special offers available in shops and businesses.

NEW EPA CODE OF PRACTICE 2021 FOR DOMESTIC WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have published a new Code of Practice for Domestic Waste Water Treatment System  2021 (Population Equivalent ≤10) . This document provides guidance on the site characterization, design, operation and maintenance of domestic waste water treatment systems.

Links to the revised EPA Code of Practice , explanatory letter and electronic Site Characterisation Form are provided below;

https://www.epa.ie/publications/compliance–enforcement/waste-water/2021_CodeofPractice_Web.pdf

https://www.epa.ie/publications/compliance–enforcement/waste-water/2021-Code-of-Practice—Explanatory-Letter.pdf

https://www.epa.ie/publications/compliance–enforcement/waste-water/2021-Code-of-Practice—Electronic-Site-Characterisation-Form.pdf

This Code of Practice (2021)  applies to site assessments and associated installations carried out on or after 7th June 2021.  The 2009 Code of Practice for Waste Water Treatment and Disposal System Serving Single Houses (i.e. ≤ 10) may be used for site assessments and associated installations commenced before 7th June 2021 or where planning permission has been applied for before that date.

Come back Cocooners initiative

Monaghan Age Friendly programme is delighted to launch our Come back Cocooners initiative beginning on June 1st, 2021.
Monaghan Age Friendly Programme has partnered with local businesses to put in place special offers, promotions and discounts for older customers to support their return to shopping in local towns after a challenging time for everyone.
Promotional booklets are available in shops and businesses across the county. The promotional booklet includes details of some offers available along with timetables of bus services provided by Local link.
PICK UP YOUR FREE BOOKLET in shops and businesses in your local town.

Look out for the Come back Cocooners promotional posters for many other special offers available in shops and businesses.

 

Biodiversity Plan – Gallows Hill, Carrickmacross

The proposed plan provides a natural layout to blend into the exiting landscape.
The native wild flower meadow will provide food for pollinators. We also propose to plant a mix of native fruit trees.
If you have any submissions/objections to the plan proposed, please notify Carrickmacross-Castleblayney Municipal District Council on or before Friday the 25th of June at 5:00p.m.

All submissions or any queries should be made in writing to carrickmacross@monaghancoco.ie. Alternatively you can write to:-
Carrickmacross-Castleblayney Municipal District Council,
Riverside Road,
Carrickmacross,
Co. Monaghan
A81 RY22.

Biodiversity Plans – Gallows Hill (PDF)

Monaghan County Council Notices 27th May 2021

Temporary Closing of Roads

Monaghan County Council gives notice of its intention to close the following roads in the Municipal District of Monaghan in County Monaghan:

 

Date of Closure:          Between Monday 21st June 2021 and Friday 8th October 2021  between the hours of 8 am and 6 pm

Each Road will be closed for a maximum of 2 weeks within the Closure Period

To Facilitate:               Road Improvement Works

Road Closed:

  • R-213: For a distance of 4173m between its junction with the N-12 and its junction with the N-2: Tamlet, Garran Itra, Garran Otra, Tiravray, Lismenan.
  • R-162: For a distance of 4528m between its junction with the LP-1500 and its junction with the LS-5503: Tanderageebane, Leagh, Drumacruttan, Toniscoffy.

 

All Detours will be signposted in order to direct the Traffic. (Local Access and Emergency Vehicles will be catered for at all times).

Any interested person may lodge an objection to the closing of the above-mentioned road with the A/Senior Engineer, Monaghan County Council, MTEK II Building, Knockaconny, Monaghan not later than Tuesday 01st June 2021.  Any objections must be clearly marked on envelope “Objection to Road Closure”.

If you have any queries concerning this Road Closure please contact The Municipal of Monaghan, The Glen Offices, Monaghan at (047) 73777 or email monaghan@monaghancoco.ie

Gareth McMahon

A/Senior Engineer

Roads and Transportation

20th May 2021

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MONAGHAN COUNTY COUNCIL

Environmental Services Funding SCHEME 2021

 Monaghan County Council is committed to supporting local communities to promote, enhance and develop their local area. This commitment is supported by the annual Environmental Funding Scheme.

We are now inviting applications for the 2021 funding scheme.

Please note this funding is only for Environmental related projects.

Guidelines on criteria and application forms for the Environmental Services Funding Scheme 2021 can be requested:

 

Additional Information

  • For information on specific projects and eligibility please contact Sharon Finnegan, Environmental Awareness Officer – 042 9661240 or environmentfund@monaghancoco.ie

 

CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS IS FRIDAY 11th JUNE 2021.

LATE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

 

Signed:  Peadar McGuinness,

A/Director of Services,

Climate Action, Environmental and Water Services.

27th May 2021


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MONAGHAN LOCAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE (LCDC)

Community Enhancement Programme 2021

Monaghan Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) announces the launch of the Community Enhancement Programme for 2021. This funding is targeted towards enhancing community facilities for individuals and communities that are impacted by disadvantage as identified in the LECP.

 

Organisations eligible for funding include:

  • Any not-for-profit community or voluntary group can apply.

 

Those not eligible for funding include:

  • Commercial organisations, individuals and for-profit organisations.

 

This iteration of the CEP will provide:

  • grants towards projects or equipment enhancing facilities, and,
  • one-off grants towards costs associated with reopening of a facility or the sustainability of a facility

 

The following is a non-exhaustive list of projects that could receive funding under the programme:

  • Development/renovation of community centres
  • Once off maintenance of premises
  • Community amenities
  • Development of youth clubs or facilities
  • Development of sports/recreation facilities
  • Improvements to town parks and common areas and spaces
  • CCTV equipment
  • Public realm improvements
  • Streetscaping
  • Development of play/recreation spaces
  • Energy efficiency type projects
  • Purchase of equipment
  • Adaptations or equipment needed as a result of COVID-19

 

Note: Requests for assistance usually exceed the funds available. Applicants should be aware that the Programme is likely to be oversubscribed.  Therefore, all applications fulfilling the conditions may not be successful or may be for a lesser amount.

Applications will be evaluated by the LCDC to ensure eligibility and consistence with the Local Economic and Community Plan 2016-2021 (LECP) which can be viewed at the following link https://monaghan.ie/communitydevelopment/local-economic-and-community-plan-lecp/

Applications can be made online only at https://monaghan.ie/communitydevelopment/category/grantsfunding-schemes/

This is an online application process only and hard copy application forms will not be accepted.

Closing date for receipt of completed online applications is 5.00 p.m. Friday 16th July 2021. Applications received after this date will be deemed ineligible.

For any queries please email: communitygrants@monaghancoco.ie

Irish Water progressing development of the National Water Resources Plan (NWRP)

Wednesday, 26 May 2021 – Irish Water has adopted the Framework Plan for the National Water Resources Plan (NWRP) which will safeguard public health, support growth and meet the challenges of climate change over the next 25 years.

The NWRP is Ireland’s first 25-year strategic plan enabling us to move towards safe, secure, reliable, and sustainable public water supplies for all of our customers and communities, whilst safeguarding public health and the environment.

Following on from a statutory public consultation on Phase 1 of the NWRP, the draft Framework Plan and associated environmental reports, the submissions and observations received from public consultation were taken into consideration, and the Framework Plan updated.

The Framework Plan accompanied by a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Statement and an Appropriate Assessment Determination has now been adopted. A consultation report summarising feedback received during the public consultation has also been published. The NWRP Framework Plan and all associated reports can be viewed and downloaded at https://www.water.ie/nwrp

Commenting on the NWRP final Framework Plan, Angela Ryan, Water Resource Strategy Specialist with Irish Water, said, “Safeguarding Ireland’s precious water resources is a top priority for Irish Water. With increasing pressure to meet the current demand for water as a result of population growth, climate change, and our changing environmental regulations, it is essential that we plan ahead. The first National Water Resources Plan will enable us to do that in a sustainable way whilst also supporting economic development and population growth.”

“How we choose to plan our water resources today will determine the water supply we can provide now and into the future. The Three Pillar approach of ‘Use Less’, ‘Lose Less’ and ‘Supply Smarter’ allows Irish Water to consider the broadest possible range of solutions through the development of the NWRP. We would like to thank everyone who made a submission to this consultation process.”

They were 84 submissions received in total, including responses from the Office of the Planning Regulator, the Eastern and Midlands Regional Assembly, the Southern Regional Assembly and local authorities in relation to national policy for growth and development.

The public consultation was available on the NWRP website from 8 December 2020 until 16 February 2021. The consultation was extended twice with at the request of stakeholders with consultation finally closing on 12 March 2021. Hard copies of the public consultation material were available for public display in 29 local authority offices  and at two county libraries for the duration of the consultation period. Irish Water also facilitated a webinar for interested members of the public.

Phase 2 of the NWRP comprises the development of four Regional Water Resources Plans (RWRPs);

Regional Water Resources Plan: Eastern & Midlands

Regional Water Resources Plan: North West

Regional Water Resources Plan: South West

Regional Water Resources Plan: South East

Each regional plan will be consulted in the same way, comprising both non-statutory screening and scoping consultation with environmental authorities, followed by statutory public consultation, during 2021 and 2022.

Consultation on the SEA Scoping Report for the first Regional Water Resources Plan: Eastern & Midlands will take place shortly. The SEA Scoping Report will be provided to specified environmental authorities, for the purposes of initial, non-statutory consultation on the scoping of the SEA.

Following that process, the feedback obtained will be considered and reflected in the documents published for public consultation later this year comprising the draft Regional Water Resources Plan: Eastern & Midlands and associated SEA Environmental Report and Natural Impact Statement.

That public consultation process will allow any interested parties to provide feedback on the draft Regional Water Resources Plan: Eastern & Midlands, including SEA and AA, in the usual way.

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Developing an Exponential County in Monaghan

A very interesting panel discussion on “Developing an Exponential County in Monaghan” and how exponential technologies and the ecosystem will be leveraged to create the future took place today online. This was part of Blockchain Ireland Week, speakers included
Eamonn O’Sullivan, Carmel O’Hare, John Shaw, Kosala Yapa and Cillian Leonowicz.

View the session here >>:

You can choose to watch in Teams or on the website.