The AGM of Tydavnet Car park committee took place on 14/1/2020. There was a good attendance, and with the imminent completion of the project in sight, the mood was optimistic. The committee outlined the highs and lows as encountered throughout the year and gave a detailed financial report which leaves us with a deficit of around […]

Dr. Breandán Ó Caoimh is the keynote speaker for Co Monaghan Public Participation Network (PPN) AGM on Tuesday 3rd December 2019, starting at 7pm in the Glencarn Hotel, Castleblayney. He will talk about Wellbeing – the role and potential of communities. Wellbeing and wellness are very much on the agenda of community and voluntary groups.  Wellbeing […]

Tydavnet Tidy Towns survey…..please take a few minutes to give your opinions and suggestions for the village. You may print off the form, fill it in, and hand it to any of the Tidy Towns members, or fill it in and email it to the address provided. Thank you. (Click on the link to open…..) http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=77143742347165571143 […]

Are you interested in biodiversity? Healthy ecosystems clean our water, purify our air, maintain our soil, regulate the climate, recycle nutrients and provide us with food. Would you like to learn how you could protect it in your daily work and at home? Monaghan Integrated Development CLG is offering a three-hour training workshop, which will […]

The gathering of the spuds in the allotment along the Graveyard Lane will take place Friday 25th October at 1.30pm. This event will take you back in time, so come along and relive the TVO tractor, the back breaking gathering, filling the pit and there’s lots of entertainment planned. Many hands make light work!! Please […]

Scotstown Tidy Towns group is very happy to have earned 5 additional marks in the national Tidy Towns competition, the village was judged on Thursday 27th June. Congratulations to Glaslough who were finally rewarded with the county and regional award, as well as the overall national prize of Ireland’s tidiest town. The full report can […]

Tidy Towns enthusiasts are delighted that Glaslough village has scooped the National Tidy Towns award, 41 years after they won it for the first time in 1978. They also won the county, and regional top spots, as well as a gold medal. Tydavnet village gained 5 points on last years results, read the adjudicator’s report […]

World clean up Day: Tydavnet Tidy Towns did their Autumn clean up on Saturday 21st September 2019 in conjunction with Monaghan Municipal District to coincide with world clean up day. We would like to thank everyone who took part and did litter picks in their own town-land or the roads around their homes. A very special thank you […]

Saturday 21st September has been designated as world clean up day and Monaghan Co Co is linking in with community groups and tidy towns committees for their Autumn clean up. Bags are available from the Tidy Towns group and the skip will be at Tydavnet Community Centre from 11am until around 2pm. Please give the […]

Tydavnet Tidy Towns hope to have a gathering (spuds that is) in mid October in the allotment along the graveyard lane. We had no uptake for the allotments this year so we planted the whole thing in potatoes. We hope to have an old time gathering complete with horse digger, creels, pit etc. All we […]

World clean up day is on Saturday September 21st and Monaghan Co Co Environment section is holding a clean up awareness workshop on Bragan on Saturday 21st from 10am to 2pm, meeting at the Sliabh Beagh hotel at 10am. It’s time to stand up against the global trash problem and clean up waste in the […]

Saturday 21st September has been designated as world clean up day and Monaghan Co Co is linking this with their Autumn clean up. Bags will be available from Tidy Towns groups in the area, or use your own, and a skip will be at Tydavnet Community Centre from 11am until around 2pm for waste collected. (No household waste please!). […]

A free disposal event for chemicals will take place on Saturday 14th September at Scotch Corner Recycling Centre from 9.30am to 1pm, sponsored by Monaghan County Council. Accepted materials include old paints, thinner, inks, cleaning agents, detergents, obsolete medicines, antifreeze, weed killers, aerosols, waste oil, adhesives etc. All containers must be labelled with contents clearly […]

The national Tidy Towns competition results will be announced in The Helix on Monday September 30th, 2019. Well done to everyone who has done great work in Ballinode, Tydavnet, Knockatallon, and Scotstown during the year, best wishes to Glaslough who are up near the top spot each year; we hope they get due rewards this […]