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Public Consultation 1 - Study Area and Constraints

We will hold three stages of non-statutory public consultation. The first public consultation will take place in June 2019, where we will ask for your feedback on the study area and key constraints, and present our consultation roadmap. It will also be an opportunity for you to meet the project team, who can answer any questions you may have.

The project team will consider feedback and submissions from the non-statutory public consultation in their development of potential route corridor options. The second public consultation will then seek feedback and submissions on these route options and from these, the third and final public consultation will seek feedback and submissions on one emerging preferred route corridor.

Castleblayney 25th June 2019 2pm - 8pm, Glencarn Hotel

Carrickmacross 26th June 2019 2pm - 8pm, Nuremore Hotel

Ardee 27th June 2019 2pm - 8pm, Ardee Parish Centre

For more information see: n2monaghanlouth.ie/a2c-consultations

With the Carrickmacross Street Festival 2019 that is only a few weeks away. Here is a quick look at some of the bands that will be playing.

The Carrick Festival is organised entirely by volunteers who give up their precious time. To put on the best show possible for the Carrickmacross community and surrounding areas.

To see full list of the line up click on the links below:

Festival Line-Up page 1

Festival Line-Up page 2

Visit their website: carrickmacross.ie/festival for more information.

The Municipal District of Carrickmacross – Castleblayney are seeking Expressions of Interest for a brand new “Variety Market Experience” in Carrickmacross. Carrickmacross has always been a destination Market town and together with the longestablished traders we want to add a variety and mix to widen the visitor experience.

Do you operate your own Cottage Industry?
Do you trade in arts, crafts, crockery, meats, fish, herbs and spices, fruit and vegetables, sauces and oils, chocolates and cakes, cheese and pasta, poultry, clothing, novelty items etc.?

Would you like to be part of this new vibrant experience?
Expressions of Interest should be put in writing to:
Carrickmacross Castleblayney Municipal District,
Civic Offices,
Riverside Road,
Carrickmacross,
Co. Monaghan

not later than 5:00pm Friday 7th June, 2019. Please mark the envelope “Variety Market Expressions of Interest”.
For further information contact Gareth or Stephanie on 042 9661236 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Free Walking Tours of Carrickmacross are back! Starting on Saturday May 4th at 11am outside the Courthouse and running every Saturday until the end of September. So if you haven't been on the tour or you have friends and relatives visiting Carrickmacross over the Summer please let them know. Its a very informative and enjoyable tour, approx 90 minutes.

A night of Appreciation for the St. Louis Sisters Including a Documentary Launch on the St. Louis Sisters,
Convent Building and Carrickmacross Lace, 200 Year History & Presentation Night

Thursday 9th May 2019 at 7pm sharp in Nuremore Hotel, Carrickmacross

Easter Egg Hunt

Look out for this poster in the window of shops participating in the Easter Egg Hunt, there are over 80 of them so have fun! Forms are available in Birdys, Keegans and Gifts n Things today.

Draw will take place on Saturday April 20th at 2.30 in the Market Squre Shopping Centre.

 Knocknacran-Drumgossat Residents Forum Update – 11 April 2019
 

The Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment confirmed that it had received the report and it was currently being considered by Wardell Armstrong, consultants engaged by the DCCAE, together with analysis and modelling detail from the investigation. The DCAE’s verification process will be completed over the coming weeks and the results issued to Monaghan County Council.

Pat O’Connor, Operations Director, Gyproc Ireland Ltd., presented on Gyproc’s water discharges the river Bursk since October 2018, stating that the company would submit a Water Management Plan to the Environmental Protection Agency by the end of the week and also intend to seek an EPA licence review application in May 2019, which will propose a new water discharge point. Pat O’Connor also delivered a presentation detailing the historical sinkhole occurrences over the Drumgossat mine.

Monaghan County Council confirmed that no decision can be made on the reopening of the LP4900 until after the investigation process was complete. The Council had requested funding from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to restore roads in the vicinity of the mine and the DTTAS Inspector had visited the LP4900 again. The Council is in discussions with Gyproc Ireland Ltd. regarding its costs relating to road closures and restoration works.
The next meeting of the Residents Forum is scheduled for 29 April 2019

Paul Clifford
Director of Services
047-30500
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Reminder to Blood Donors in the Carrickmacross Area

The Irish Blood Transfusion Service Mobile Unit will be located in the

Nuremore Hotel, Carrickmacross on the following days:

Wednesday 17^th April, 2019

Thursday 18^th April, 2019

From 4:30pm to 8:00pm

Please Note Venue

Help Ensure Essential Blood Supplies Are Always Available By Giving Blood Regularly.

New and lapsed donors always needed.

If you are fit and healthy, aged 18 to 65 (between 65 and 70 years if you have donated in the last 10 years), over 7st.12 lbs (50kg)

and have not donated in the last 90 days, please make a special effort to come along. 

Help ensure that essential blood supplies are always available.

Remember YOU can make a difference.

For further details, please contact our lo-call Donor Information Line 1850 – 73 11 37 or

Finbar Gethins, Area Organiser at our Ardee Regional Office, 041 – 685 9994 or www.giveblood.ie

FEILE PATRICK BYRNE - Irish Traditional Arts Festival

Dates: 11 - 14 April

Venue: Carrickmacross Town

The Mairtín O’Connor Band, Gerry ‘fiddle’ O’Connor and the Salamanca Céilí Band are among the confirmed artists for this year’s Féile Patrick Byrne in Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan. Organised since 2007 by the local branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, the féile honours the local 19th century harper Patrick Byrne who was the first Irish traditional musician ever photographed. The Mairtín O’Connor Band – Mairtín with Cathal Hayden and Seamie O’Dowd - top the bill. All master musicians, together they produce music of astounding virtuosity. Their vibrant sound has been described as verging on perfection and redefining one’s concept of brilliance. Genuinely, their concert on 13 April can be rated as one not to be missed. Returning to the féile this year is legendary fiddle player Gerry O’Connor. Gerry will both teach and perform at the féile, giving audiences a perfect opportunity to sample the rich Oriel music tradition showcased on his latest album, Last Night’s Joy, and book, The Rose in the Gap. A must for all fiddle fans. Dancers will be well catered for with champion dancer Aoife McCabe giving a sean nós dance workshop, followed by the sets céilí with The Salamanca. For those who want to take it easier, there will be music sessions, a singing session plus heritage events. Carrickmacross Comhaltas / Féile Patrick Byrne would like to thank our funders, the Arts Council, Monaghan County Council, the Department of Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht and the Comhaltas Meitheal Programme for their support. Further details on Facebook and www.carrickmacross.ie/feilepatrickbyrne

Please vote for Hiphopical on Ireland's Got Talent. They are in the live semi-finals this Sunday 31st March.