The rings have a customised message of encouragement imprinted on the inside with 100 per cent of profits being donated to the Samaritans and SOSAD charities.

Plans are at an advanced stage to create a walk/cycle route

A group from the Special Needs Active Parents (SNAP) group staged a peaceful but visible protest at the event to highlight the lack of respite care, day centre and special needs school in County Monaghan.

Glaslough were overall winners of Ireland’s tidy towns competition in 2019 and because of former Covid restrictions President Higgins will only now get to visit the tidy town. 

Church bells rang out across the town, marking the precise time of the blast at 6.58pm

Parking will be available in the areas shown on the map for people wanting to attend this event.

While towns like Glaslough and Emyvale and Belturbet have banned posters, others in the Northern Sound region have allowed them to be put up

Funding will support communities to establish or develop Town Teams where they are not already well established.