Peter Hughes

A request by the Monaghan County Council executive for a 10% increase in the Local Property Tax rate to be levied in 2027 was rejected by the elected members at their monthly meeting on Monday.

The Coalition's migration plan promises dramatic cuts to net overseas migration and the temporary visa population, but key measures are inconsistent, administratively weak and in some cases beyond government control.

The Coalition’s migration plan promises dramatic cuts to net overseas migration and the temporary visa population, but key measures are inconsistent, administratively weak and in some cases beyond government control. The Coalition has finally...

Sinn Féin TDs and government party Oireachtas members clashed repeatedly at Monday's meeting of Monaghan County Council over their parties' track records on the contentious north-south electricity interconnector project.

Additional land zonings for housing, voted through at the October meeting of Monaghan County Council against the recommendation of Chief Executive

CLLR Bronagh McAree (SF) voiced dissatisfaction at the October meeting of Monaghan County Council with a response from the HSE to her recent motion

“YOUNG people shouldn't have the college they attend or other education decisions determined by whether they can get a seat on a bus in the morning,” declared Cllr Sinéad Flynn at the October meeting of Monaghan County Council.

Two hundred and forty six fraud deception crimes have been reported to gardaí in County Monaghan so far this year, with 75 reports recorded in the third quarter of 2026 alone.

Twenty-one cases of drug-debt intimidation were reported to gardaí in Cavan and Monaghan in 2024 - the latest year for which figures are available

The Chair of the Monaghan Local Community Safety Partnership is calling on Minister for Justice Jim O'Callaghan TD to make all the necessary resources