CLONES building company McDaid Construction Ltd has acquired Morgan & Co Hardware Ltd, Jubilee Road Clones, for an undisclosed sum. The new owners have confirmed immediate plans to relocate the business to a modern facility on the Monaghan Road on the outskirts of Clones and on a site for which planning permission has already been granted.

“This development will enhance the level of service and range of products the business can offer to our trade and retail customers as well as adding to the current regeneration that Clones is undergoing at the moment,” a spokesperson for the group told The Post.

Plans for this new store are said to include a two-storey shop, external garden centre and car parking spaces. The surroundings of this new development will be landscaped.

“The acquisition forms part of the wider growth strategy of the McDaid Group, in the construction and property development sector in the border region.” Plans for this new store include a two-storey shop, car parking spaces and external garden centre.

The long-established Morgan’s was owned and managed by Brian Curran who is retiring after over 40 years in business. The Directors and staff of McDaid Construction would like to convey their best wishes to Brian and Josie Curran on their retirement and commend them for their hard work in managing the business to date.

The Directors would also like to assure all their customers that business will continue as normal under the new ownership.