Comhairle Contae Mhuineacháin Monaghan County Council – DERELICT SITES ACT 1990

Notice pursuant to Section 15 (1) (a) of the Derelict Sites Act 1990 (as amended)

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ACQUIRE DERELICT SITE COMPULSORILY, UNDER THE DERELICT SITES ACT 1990, AS AMENDED

To: Owner/occupier of Derelict Structure: Derryveagh, Carrickroe, Co. Monaghan – Folio MN23422F

Notice is hereby given that Monaghan County Council (hereinafter referred to as the “Local Authority”), in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Section 14 of the Derelict Sites Act 1990, as amended, intends to acquire compulsorily, under the said Act, the derelict site described hereunder.

A map of the said derelict site has been deposited at the Planning Offices of Monaghan County Council, No. 1 Dublin Street, Monaghan, H18 X982 and may be inspected there during its public opening hours Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays.

Any owner, lessee or occupier (except a tenant for a month) may, on or before 02 May 2024, submit to the Local Authority an objection to the proposed compulsorily acquisition of the derelict site.  Any such objection must be in writing stating the grounds of the objection and addressed to the Local Authority at Town Regeneration Office, Monaghan County Council, No. 1 Dublin St, Monaghan H18 X982.

The Derelict Sites Act, 1990 (as amended) provides that if an objection is made to the proposed compulsory acquisition of a derelict site and the objection is not withdrawn, the derelict site shall not be acquired compulsorily by the Local Authority without the consent of An Bord Pleanála.

Description of Derelict Site proposed to be acquired:

 Derelict site at Derryveagh, County Monaghan, situate in the Chapel Court estate, Carrickroe comprising of a large two storey fronted building with concrete floors in a shell state, originally designed for two shop units and two overhead apartments; house numbers 3, 4 and 9 in an adjoining terrace of three-bedroom 2 storey dwellings, together with rear area of approximately 2 acres where foundations have been laid out for 16 semi-detached houses.

 

Dated this 28th March 2024

Signed: Cathal Flynn

Director of Services

Planning, Economic Development

Monaghan County Council

Tá séasúr an uan tosaithe.

Tá séasúr an uan tosaithe.

Gach bliain i Muineachán, is iomaí ionsaí a dhéanann madraí ar chaoirigh, go háirithe thart ar séasúr uan.

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Bíonn caillteanais thromchúiseacha don fheirmeoir mar thoradh ar na hionsaithe seo.

D’fhéadfadh madra ar bith, mór nó beag, a bheith páirteach in ionsaí a dhéanamh ar chaoirigh – DÉAN CINNTE NACH BHFUIL AN SEANS AG DO MHADRA!

 

Má tá madra nó madraí agat, tá sé de dhulgais ort:

Coinnigh do mhadra faoi smacht i gcónaí.  Ciallaíonn sé seo gan do mhadra a ligean as do mhaoin gan tionlacan.

 

Bíodh teastas clárúcháin micrishlis agat a chruthaíonn go bhfuil micrishliseadh ar do mhadra agus cláraithe duit. (Ag teastáil ó 2016)

 

Cinntigh go gcaitheann gach madra atá faoi do smacht coiléar ar a bhfuil ainm agus seoladh an úinéara i gcónaí agus go bhfuil an t-ainm agus an seoladh soiléar.

 

Bíodh ceadúnas reatha agat le haghaidh gach madra i do sheilbh nó ceadúnas madra ginearálta chun gach madra i do sheilbh a chlúdach. IS FÉIDIR LEAT DO CHEADÚNAS MADRAÍ A CHEANNACH AR LÍNE ANOIS AG www.monaghan.ie

TABHAIR FAOI DEARA DO MHADRA CEADÚNAITHE, FAOI RIALÚ AGUS MICREATHONNACH

Brendan Smyth

Oifigeach Tréidliachta Contae

28ú Márta 2024

Easter Fun Hunt – Monaghan has it

WIN A €50 MONAGHAN TOWN VOUCHER 🌟

Pick up your Easter Fun Hunt clue sheet from @rocksofmonaghan, @dinkinsbakery & @soundqualitygifts or you can print your own through the link in our bio 🔍 Work out the clues on the sheet to reveal which businesses have numbered eggs hidden in their windows.

Fill the numbers in on the sheet and return it to Rocks, Dinkins or Sound Quality or email it to info@monaghanhasit.ie by 7th April to be in the draw to win a €50 Monaghan Town voucher 💸

Suitable for all ages and a fun reason to get out of the house over the Easter break. Enjoy! 🐣

Easter Fun Hunt clue sheet also available to print at home here: A4 Easter Fun Hunt (6)

#mymonaghan #monaghanhasit #monaghantown #easterfun #supportlocal #monaghantownvoucher

Monaghan Delegation’s Visit to New York for the St. Patrick’s Day Celebrations

For the first time in five years, an official delegation from Monaghan County Council visited New York for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. The delegation was led by Cathaoirleach Councillor David Maxwell accompanied by the Chief Executive who met with members of the Monaghan Diaspora in New York. They held a series of meetings with key strategic partners and participated in events to showcase all that County Monaghan has to offer economically and culturally as well as promoting the county as a place to visit, invest and do business.  The official delegation from Monaghan County Council which also included Liam Bradley, Curator of the Monaghan County Museum, was joined on the visit by members of Monaghan GAA, including chairperson, Declan Flanagan and vice chairperson Brendan Casey, along with representatives of Enterprising Monaghan, Finbarr Daly CEO and board member, Paul Shortt.  A number of prominent businesspeople from County Monaghan were also present on the trip, including Martin McVicar, Managing Director of Combilift; Ciaran Marron, CEO of Activ8 Energies; Sammy Leslie, Owner of Castle Leslie and Trustee of the Leslie Foundation; Michael Mullan, Director of Mullan Lighting; Simon Murray, Director of CameraMatics, and; Barry Murray, Director of Universal Graphics.

 

The centrepiece event of the visit was the inaugural meeting of the Monaghan – New York Business Network which was held on 15th March, in which business and civic leaders from New York, the wider USA, Monaghan and other parts of Ireland came together to explore opportunities for business investment, job creation and tourism in Monaghan. It was also an opportunity for Monaghan-based businesses to look at the potential of investing in or exporting to the USA. Many Monaghan businesses already have a presence in the USA and the event presented an opportunity for them to strengthen their links with clients and customers and potentially expand in the US market.

The first of what it is hoped will be many meetings of the Monaghan – New York Business Network took place at the NYC Hub Bank of Ireland at 2 Grand Central Tower in Manhattan. The event was attended by over 100 guests including business and civic leaders from the County Monaghan delegation and a wide range of people in business or active in the community based in New York who are from Monaghan, are of Monaghan descent or who simply have an affinity with the county.  The MC for the event was Finbarr Daly, CEO of Enterprising Monaghan.

Martin McVicar who is Managing Director and co-founder of Combilift in Monaghan town and Ciaran Marron, CEO and founder of Activ8 Solar Energies in Carrickmacross attended the event and spoke about starting out in business and their positive experience of setting up and expanding their businesses in Monaghan and highlighting to the audience that being a very enterprising county, Monaghan is an excellent location to invest and in which to do business. Ciara Gormley, SEO Manager at Justworks, who is based in New York and originally from Castleblayney, spoke of her experience of being in business in the city and her career journey from County Monaghan to the USA. Also present at the event was Aidan McKenna, Enterprise Ireland Regional Director for the Americas, who is based in New York and originally from Emyvale.

The event was addressed by the Cathaoirleach Cllr David Maxwell and Robert Burns, Chief Executive of Monaghan County Council who both emphasised the benefits of doing business in the county. They introduced a video that that showcased a range of successful businesses in the advanced manufacturing, agri-food and renewable energy sectors that are already located in Monaghan. Thereby demonstrating why County Monaghan is a great business location, providing access to a strong cluster of existing industries, a culture of entrepreneurship, a well-educated workforce and a gateway to the EU and the UK markets.

The cultural partnership between Project Children and Monaghan County Council was also promoted at the event and present was Denis Mulcahy, the Co-founder and Chairman of Project Children, his family and ambassadors for the project in the USA. This recently announced cultural partnership between Project Children and Monaghan County Council will see Project Children’s archive hosted at the Peace Campus in Monaghan town. The 50th anniversary of the founding of Project Children will be celebrated in Monaghan next year.

The event was organised by Catherine Flood and Linda Croston of Croston Flood Recruiting, Consulting and Events, a firm based in New York. Catherine Flood is well known in New York business circles and is originally from Truagh in County Monaghan.

Commenting on the event and the visit by the wider Monaghan delegation, Cathaoirleach, Councillor David Maxwell, said, “I am delighted with the turnout at the business network event which was a huge success with a lot of positive feedback and I hope that it will be the first of many such events that will help strengthen social, economic and cultural ties between Monaghan and New York. It was a massive boost to have businesspeople of the calibre of Martin McVicar and Ciaran Marron speak to the audience at the event about their positive experience of doing business in County Monaghan and to be accompanied on this visit by a range of impressive people doing great work in business, sporting and cultural life in Monaghan.”

There was a busy schedule of meetings and events for the Monaghan County Council and the Enterprising Monaghan delegations, including meetings with Irish state agencies based in New York including the Industrial Development Authority (IDA), Enterprise Ireland, Bord Bia and Tourism Ireland, as well as a meeting with the Irish Consulate in New York.

During the visit, the wider Monaghan delegation met with the Monaghan Society and representatives of Rocklands GAA Club in New York State in order to renew and strengthen social, sporting and cultural links with the Monaghan community based in New York. The wider Monaghan delegation also had the privilege of attending the traditional St. Patrick’s Day mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral and marching with the Monaghan Society in the New York St. Patrick’s Day Parade, the longest-running parade in the world celebrating Ireland’s patron saint and all things Irish.

Robert Burns, Chief Executive of Monaghan County Council, said, “We are extremely happy with our visit to New York and what we have achieved over what was a busy few days.  We have renewed and strengthened ties with the Monaghan community based in New York and promoted County Monaghan as a premier location for inward investment and as an ideal base for US companies to launch into both the EU and UK. Coupled with that we envisage that Monaghan businesses will continue to grow their exports to the US with the support of the Irish State agencies based there.”

 

 

Expression of Interest Homeless Accommodation

Monaghan County Council is seeking expressions of interest from Proprietors of Guest Accommodation/Hotels who wish to have their facility or rooms therein, included in the Council’s list of retained Emergency Accommodation for homeless families and individuals.

Family and single rooms may be required to meet emergency accommodation needs as they arise.

Proprietors will:

  • Provide catering and laundry facilities for clients.

Monaghan County Council will:

  • Nominate clients as required.
  • Pay agreed fee.

Accommodation may be required in the following areas primarily:

  • Monaghan
  • Carrickmacross

Submissions should detail:

  • type of accommodation,
  • number of rooms to be included,
  • confirm availability for check in times.
  • price per night/week/month and
  • confirm catering and laundry facilities availability.
  • Details of compliance with Fire and Building Control Regulations

 

Expressions of Interest should be submitted to housing@monaghancoco.ie.ie for the attention of the A/Senior Executive. Closing date  5pm 12th April 2024

Note: Monaghan County Council may contact accommodation providers directly to source accommodation and negotiate rates whether or not providers have responded to this EOI.

 

 

Public Consultation Event BALLYBAY TO CASTLEBLAYNEY (B2C) GREENWAY – PREFERRED ROUTE OPTION CONSULTATION

The Route Options Selection for the Ballybay to Castleblayney Greenway has now been completed and the Preferred Route Option has been developed.  A Public Consultation will open from the 14th of March 2024, for a period of 4 weeks, to the 11th of April 2024. Maps indicating the Preferred Route can be viewed at the lin below. Landowners, local communities, and the general public are invited to review the Preferred Route and to discuss with the project team.

You can view the Preferred Route Option that has been develop on the website at

https://monaghan.ie/ballybay-to-castleblayney-b2c-greenway/

 Should you wish to make an observation or comment in relation to the Preferred Route Option, you can make a submission on the website at https://ballybaycastleblayney.ourgreenway.ie/

 Should you have any other queries in relation to the Ballybay to Castleblayney Greenway, please contact the Ballybay & Clones Municipal District on 047-51018

Monaghan County Council Arts Service to offer two bursaries for arts practitioners based in the Monaghan area 

Theatre Forum is delighted to be working with Monaghan County Council Arts Service to offer two bursaries for arts practitioners based in the Monaghan area to attend the Theatre Forum Gathering in Sligo on 28 and 29 May 2024. These Bursaries are exclusively devised for those who have previous experience in working or being engaged as a theatre and or arts practitioner.

Each Artist Bursary will cover:
Ticket to Theatre Forum Sligo Gathering includes all day sessions, two lunches, dinner, coffee breaks and the artistic programme
Artist Honorarium of €150
Accommodation and Travel Contribution of €150 
(To be arranged by the artist – see www.theatreforum.ie for details of accommodation deals)

Applicants must be living in the Monaghan area.

Deadline to apply: Friday 19 April 2024**

 

Monaghan County Council Artist Bursaries – Theatre Forum Sligo Gathering (google.com)

Monaghan Way – among new walks added to the National Walks Scheme

-The significantly upgraded Monaghan Way is among new walks added to the National Walks Scheme✨

The new-and-improved Monaghan Way running from Inniskeen to Castleblayney includes three new looped walking trails ranging from 4.9km to 10km in length 🤗 Crank up the Poetry Jukebox by the River Fane in Inniskeen, bask in beautiful farmland along quiet country roads and soak up breath-taking views of Lough Muckno.

Read more here ➡️ https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/e0468-our-rural-future-minister-humphreys-adds-62-new-trails-to-the-national-walks-scheme/

Brochure (PDF): MW Brochure FINAL

#MyMonaghan #moretomonaghan

MONAGHAN COUNTY COUNCIL Important Notice to all Landowners and Occupiers of Land in relation to Hedge cutting

Monaghan County Council  would like to remind all landowners and occupiers that Section 40 of the Wildlife Act 1976, as amended by Section 46 of the 2000 Amendment Act, prohibits the cutting, grubbing, burning or destruction of vegetation, with certain strict exemptions, from 1 March to 31 August.

There is provision in the legislation for some restricted exemptions from the prohibition during the closed period – e.g. for works undertaken in the ordinary course of agriculture or forestry, for public health and safety reasons, including road safety, the destruction of noxious weeds, for the clearance of vegetation in the course of road and other development works or the development of sites for building works.

 Gareth McMahon

A/Director of Service

Roads and Transportation

29th February 2024

 

Monaghan County Council  would like to remind all landowners that cutting,grubbing, burning or destruction of vegetation is prohibited from 1 March to 31 August