Christmas is a wonderful time of year but for many within our community it is a time filled with dread giving the ongoing cost of living crisis.

The motion was proposed by Sinn Féin's Sinéad Flynn and seconded by her party colleague Cllr Pat Treanor.

The Tyrone woman ran in the Midlands Northwest constituency in the European elections.

McDonald was responding to comments made by a source who said the person who dug Columba McVeigh's grave is a member of Sinn Féin.

Cllr Gibbons was first elected to Monaghan County Council following the last local election in June.

Niamh McCooey was co-opted onto Monaghan County Council in replacement of Deputy Cathy Bennett.

SOSAD works tirelessly in communities to help those in need.

Cathy Bennett said her win was "beyond her wildest dreams" and that of her parents but also bitter-sweet as she won't have Pauline Tully by her side in the Dáil.