Jobs Club Bailieboro

The next Jobs Club will be held in the Beckscourt Centre, Beckscourt View, Bailieboro, Co. Cavan comencing on Tuesday 5th - Thursday 21st June 2018 from 10am-1pm.

Jobs Club includes:-

• Job Searching
• Exploring further training opportunities
• CV Preparation
• Cover Letter Writing
• Interview Techniques
• Mock Interview

To find oit more please contact Teresa on 042-9748090 or email to

Jobs Club is free of charge and will not affect your benefits.

Attention Castleblayney people everywhere

YOUR TOWN needs YOUR IDEAS!!

Small changes can make a big difference in community life. So we want your ideas for small changes that will make Castleblayney a better place for everyone.

We will showcase the ideas submitted in Castleblayney Shopping Centre between June 18th and June 22nd.

The community will vote for the top 10 ideas they would like to see put into action in the town.

MID will then support the individuals / groups behind these ideas with funding to help them develop their idea to implementation stage.

How to get involved

Write down your idea on the Thriving Together ideas leaflet

You can also email your idea to

Don’t forget to say why your idea will make a difference to the town.

Drop your ideas in the designated drop boxes at:

• The Enterprise Centre, Dublin Rd.
• Iontas Centre, Conabury
• Glencarn Shopping Centre, Main St
• St. Maeldoid’s Church, Church St
• Castleblayney First Presbyterian Church, Keady Rd.

Check out all ideas received to date here. 

DON’T FORGET — The Deadline for submissions is June 6th!!!

Ideas will be publicly displayed at an event in the shopping centre from 18th to the 22nd June.

The community will vote for the ideas they want to see happen in Castleblayney.

We will contact you if your idea is successful to see how we can support it to become a reality.

This support will include financial support to develop and refine the idea as necessary or to help implement it if possible.

Thriving Together Make Castleblayney a Better Place for Everyone is supported by Monaghan Integrated Development under the social inclusion programme, SICAP. The Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme (SICAP) 2018-2022 is funded by the Irish Government through the Department of Rural and Community Development and co-funded by the European Social Fund under the Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020”

LEADER Food Initiative Call

Up to €15 million of LEADER funding has been announced nationally under the ‘LEADER Food Initiative’ to support new and existing artisan/small food and beverage producers and is intended to make a vital contribution to the development of local food businesses.  Funding is available for capital investment, analysis and development, or training.  The types of projects that are eligible for funding include the renovation and extension of production facilities and the purchase of processing equipment, as well as marketing development, competitiveness and innovation.  Please note that suitable projects will be selected on a first come/first served basis.

For further information on this funding, including opening and closing dates, click here to visit the Department of Rural & Community Development website. 

Expressions of interest and applications for this call are now being accepted.

If you would like to discuss the call and find out more about the LEADER application process, please contact the LEADER team at Monaghan Integrated Development CLG on 042 9749500 or email .  If you would like to meet with a LEADER Development Officer, we are running information clinics at a number of our offices across County Monaghan (see below) and we would be delighted to meet with you to discuss your project idea.

• Tuesday 15th May 2018 from 10:00am – 12:00 noon in Clones (McCurtain Street, Clones)
• Thursday 17th May 2018 from 10:00am – 12:00 noon in Carrickmacross (Farney Workhouse, Carrickmacross)
• Thursday 17th May 2018 from 2:30pm – 4:30pm in Monaghan (5 North Road, Monaghan)

Jobseeking Skills Programme Castleblayney

The next Jobseeking Skills Programme will be taking place in the MIDL Offices, Monaghan Road, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan on Wednesday 9th, Thursday 10th and Friday 11th May 2018 from 09.30am-12.30pm.

Jobseeking Skills Programme includes:-

• CV Preparation
• Cover Letter Layouts
• Job Searching
• Interview Preparation
• Mock Interview

To find out more please contact Teresa McCahey on 042-9748090 or email to .

This programme is free of charge and will not affect your benefits.

Please note that places are limited.

Call for LEADER funding

Protection and Sustainable Use of Water Resources Under the Rural Environment Theme.

The LEADER Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014-2020 for County Monaghan is open and we are announcing details of a time-limited call for community and enterprise projects that support the protection and sustainable use of water resources. Typical types of projects might include raising general awareness on water conservation issues, the development of local water conservation plans and feasibility studies, training and capacity building on water conservation, water quality research, and feasibility studies looking at possible solutions to protect water resources.  
A budget of €36,000 has been allocated for this call and it is expected that approximately six projects could be funded.  
Interested groups are invited to submit an Expression of Interest form which outlines their project proposal, and the information provided will be used to check if the project is eligible to progress to the full application stage.  Expression of Interest forms and further information on the application process and LEADER programme are available on www.midl.ie.  
This is a time limited call and in order to be considered for full application a fully completed Expression of Interest Form must be submitted to Monaghan LEADER, Monaghan Integrated Development, Monaghan Rd, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan or scanned and emailed to by the 11th May 2018.

If you would like to talk to us about your project idea, you can contact us at Monaghan Integrated Development’s office on 042 9749500 or email  ;
Monaghan Local Action Group (LAG) is administering the LEADER RDP 2014-2020 in County Monaghan for the Department of Rural and Community Development and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development. The County Monaghan Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) is operating as the LAG for the County. Monaghan Integrated Development the Local Development Company for County Monaghan is the implementing partner and Monaghan County Council is the lead financial partner.

Jobseeking Skills Programme

Monaghan Jobs Club will be running a series of programmes which will run over 3 mornings throughout the county and are aimed at assisting job ready people to gain the skills they need to carry out their own job search.

Programme includes:

• CV Preparation
• Job Searching
• Interview Techniques
• Mock Interview

To find out more please contact Teresa on 042-9748090 or email .

Monaghan Jobs Club will be running a clinic every Wednesday between 09.30am-4pm in the Local Employment Service Office, Birch Court, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan and will provide help with:-

• Preparing, typing up and updating CVs
• Preparing and typing up of Cover Letters to Employers
• Advising on Interview Techniques