Works have already been completed in parts of Co Monaghan with a total of 11,708 premises that can order high-speed broadband.

The decision to provide County Monaghan with a special school is set to be formally agreed by Cabinet on Tuesday.

In the Dáil, Matt Carthy asked Simon Harris why he did not follow up on a promise he made back in June to meet with local families in Monaghan.

In an interview, when Margo performed the first ever radio play of a duet she and Big Tom recorded, she said singers "never retire" but, her days of playing large venues are over.

A plastic dog waste bin has been ripped from its post and broken into bits rendering it useless.

The Monaghan-based company is the largest provider of enhanced therapeutic residential care services for children in Ireland,

The EPA have also listed Bailieborough, Blacklion, and Mullagh in Cavan and Castleblayney in Monaghan priority areas for upgrades.

The Irish Independent newspaper is reporting that Thomas Brennan had debts totalling €2.5m which exceeded his assets by €1.7m.