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Local businesses are being encouraged to avail of the Castleblayney Town Voucher Scheme this Christmas to reward their employees and to help keep the town busy and thriving. Chairperson of Castleblayney Regeneration Committee Annmarie McHugh made the call by stating “2020 has been a strange year for us all, both in business and personally and in particular for the business and retail sector. With that in mind keeping local money and jobs in the town was never more important.”
Under the Revenue’s Small Benefit Exemption Scheme employers can minimize their tax liability by using Castleblayney Town Voucher up to a maximum of €500 for each employee.
In 2015 Castleblayney Regeneration Committee introduced a Castleblayney Town Voucher Scheme, which has the support of over 75 retail outlets in the town. Since then, this has brought €186,000 into the town that may have been spent elsewhere.
Castleblayney Town Vouchers can be purchased from the following outlets:
Castleblayney is to get a new library facility which will be located at the entrance to the Hope Castle estate. The town library which was previously located in the Market House building in the town center before its demise and had short stays in the Gate House and Enterprise Centre before its move to the present Íontas Centre location.
Monaghan County Council have now embarked on an exciting project which will see it revert back to one of its own properties which is the Gate House building on the left hand side of the entrance to Hope Castle.
The Gate House will undergo a major transformation which comprises of a splendid extension to the rear of the property leading to the towns newly developed play park.
The development which is to provide a modern public library, gallery space and cultural and creative space is part of an ongoing plan to regenerate the Market Square area. This follows on from the recent development and reuse of the Gate House at the right hand side on the entrance to the estate.
Funding has also just been obtained to formulate a plan and study for the eventual re-development and refurbishment of the Market House building structure which is now in a serious state of dereliction.
It is estimated that the cost of the new library facility will cost in the region of €3.3 million.
A mural created to recognise the sporting achievements of Castleblayney native Eugene 'Nudie' Hughes has been recently erected on York Street next door to where Nudie grew up with his nine siblings.
The painting shows the Castleblayney Faughs man in action with a list of all his achievements. During his football playing career the sporting hero won nine Senior Football Championships for his club and other football and hurling accolades. He became a household name nationally with his successes in winning three football All Star awards in the Monaghan jersey.
The artwork was commissioned by the Castleblayney Regeneration Committee and the artist is Ciaran Dunlevy.
