A mourner at Paddy Cole's funeral in St Mary’s Church, Castleblayney, Co Monaghan. Photo: Mark Condren Paddy Cole's wife Helen and daughter Karen at his funeral in Castleblaney, Co Monaghan.

EIGHT years ago in Castleblayney, Cavan and Monaghan slugged out a 0-7 to 0-7 draw on the League’s opening day that went so far past forgettable that it came back around to being memorable.

His professional career playing Dixieland jazz began at the age of 12 in Castleblayney, Co Monaghan, and lasted until his cancer diagnosis. He also gave rise to one of the great anecdotes in Irish ...

Scoil na Seolta will welcome the first class of Primary One pupils in September Linda Ervine is glad to see the back of 2024 – but is looking forward to 2025 when she hopes to make history when ...

New Delhi: Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO), with a vision to empower India with cutting-edge technologies & a mission to achieve ‘Aatmanirbharta’ in defence, will display some of ...

SAXOPHONE player and singer Paddy Cole has died at the age of 85. A familiar face from Ireland’s showband scene, the popular jazz artist hailed from Castleblayney in Monaghan. His death comes after he ...

Journalists walk out from Thursday’s National Assembly session in protest of new amendments to the country’s cybercrime laws. — screengrab The National Assembly on Thursday passed a ...

Dubbed the ‘King of the Swingers’, the Co Monaghan native gave his first performance at the age of 12 in his hometown of Castleblayney, billed as ‘Ireland’s youngest saxophone player’.

The Scoil Mhuire players celebrate their famous Connacht Post Primary Schools' B Football Championship semi-final triumph following a penalty shootout against Ballyhaunis Community School at Enfield ...

After many years of waiting, the ‘turning of the sod’ on a new school building for Scoil Íosagáin in Buncrana took place on Monday. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to Derry Journal ...