September 2022

Truagh Development Association’s “Great Monaghan Food Writing Competition for School Children” “To mark the success of our Hot School Lunch Service, Truagh Development Association is launching a competition for all six participating national schools: The Billis, Knockconan, St Patrick’s Clara, St Dympna’s Tydavnet, St Mary’s Glaslough and Edenmore. The theme is “good food and creativity”, […]

A number of organisations in the North-East have come together to form a new Bioeconomy Cluster for the region. The North-East Bioeconomy Cluster has recently been established by Truagh Development Association, Dundalk IT Department of Agriculture, Food and Animal Health, IFA Monaghan, Teagasc and Irish Rural Link. Its aim is to help develop and promote

Supporting Children, Families And Older People Through The Cost-Of-Living Crisis: Truagh Development Association’s Community Services Programme Advice Regarding Electricity Bills. Fiona McCaffrey Jones, Manager of the Truagh based Community Services Programme explained, “the cost-of-living crisis is hitting everyone hard particularly older people and those on fixed incomes.   So we are advising that you do this

Truagh Development Association’s Community Services Programme Produces In Excess of 1,300 Meals Per Week Fiona McCaffrey Jones, Manager of the Truagh based Community Services Programme explained, “Monaghan people, young and old, appreciate tasty, nutritious, locally sourced food and the proof is in the huge growth in the numbers of people availing of our community food