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Emyvale:
The Defib …………………………….. HERE
The Wednesday Club ……………… HERE
Edelle Nomination ………………. HERE
Tidy Towns …………………………… HERE
Village Inhabitants ………………. HERE
Panto in 1977. ……………………. HERE
Local Emyvale Awards ……. HERE
Cissie McKenna Birthday………. HERE
Local Walk …………………… HERE
Walk No 2 ………………………. HERE
Poem By Kathleen Treanor RIP . HERE
McMahon Clann Reunion ………. HERE
Gary Run 2023 ………………….. HERE
NEW Years Day Run ….. HERE
Christmas Day Swim 2023 …… HERE
Emyvale 1959 ………………………. HERE
Totally Confused.
I am totally confused and I would love if the whole thing could be
explained to me. In this country at the moment people are dying
needlessly because our health services are not capable of dealing with
the numbers needing assistance. If we had enough money more
doctors and nurses could be employed and extra services made
available to provide the necessary treatment of the thousands who are
waiting for that treatment. If we had enough money it could be spent
on improving the surfaces of so many roads round the country which
are in desperate condition. If we had more money we could provide
relief to the families who are caring for special needs. We must have
plenty of money as we are giving millions to help improve a road in
Northern Ireland and more millions to help them rebuild a football
stadium in Belfast. Surely they will announce that the HSE is going to
get extra funding of millions to increase its capability to provide
required services for the Irish people in need and surely Monaghan
County Council, among others, will get millions to rebuild some of the
county roads which are badly in need of repair. Have they done that
and I have missed it??
More Road Problems.
In this week’s Northern Standard there is a report of a Council meeting during which there was a discussion on
methods of slowing traffic passing through villages in County Monaghan. Scotstown, Smithboro, Corcaghan,
Newbliss, Oram, Mullan Village, were mentioned one way or another and time was spent discussing the possible
use of Ramps to slow traffic in Villages. One of the most dangerous villages in the county because of speeding
traffic is Emyvale but we had no one to speak up for us. Not only are most vehicles going too fast but there are
too many of them which makes it impossible to cross the road in safety at any time. Ramps are out as Transport
authorities do not allow ramps on Main Roads like that going through Emyvale. So how do we slow the traffic? Two
sets of traffic lights would work wonders and would give pedestrians a better and safer way of crossing the street.
A Speed Van sits at one or other of three locations on the Monaghan road and it slows traffic when it is seen and
then vehicles make up the time lost by breaking the speed limit when it passes out of sight of the van. However if
it were sitting at the top of the village or at the bottom of the village it might help to slow the traffic going
through. The ideal would be to have Gardai checking speed through the village on a regular basis but then we
don’t have enough Gardai to be able to do that. Have we anyone to take our case to Council? The Mullan Village
was mentioned as one where traffic is slowed but the Mullan Road on the outskirts of Emyvale village (namely
from the bottom of the Cassie) the speed limit is not shown but many vehicles break the 50kmH there daily. Since
the provision of the new houses at the Emy Road, there are numerous young children travelling up and down
Mullan Road and it may be only a matter of time. There have been too many deaths on our roads all over the
country but the question must be asked - does improving the quality of the roadways reduce the number of
deaths on our roads or wil that only happen when drivers slow down because of poor surfaces. Better surfaces
means faster speeds on the road which means more deaths.