Greenify Loan Launch - Home Energy Evening, Hillgrove Hotel

What to Expect

Monaghan Credit Union is using the launch of its Greenify home energy loan as the excuse for a full evening on retrofitting, at the Hillgrove Hotel on Tuesday 25 August 2026. Doors and the exhibition area open at 6pm, and the talks and panel start at 7pm, running to a 9pm finish. Admission is free but registration is required and places are limited.

The exhibition floor covers electric vehicles, windows and doors, solar panels, insulation, heat pumps, energy-efficient products and other sustainable living suppliers, so it works as a chance to compare installers face to face rather than by phone. The speaker list is practical rather than promotional. Therese Conway, chief executive of Collaborative Finance, introduces the Greenify loan itself. Orla and Mel from Monaghan County Council go through the SEAI grants and how they stack with borrowing. Engineer Peter Coyle covers what actually makes a difference in an older Monaghan house, David Berry takes electric vehicles, and passive house consultant Sean McKenna talks through passive standards. If you are weighing up a retrofit and trying to work out the order to do things in, that combination of lender, council grant staff and technical people in one room is the useful part.

Good to Know

• Date and time: Tuesday 25 August 2026, exhibition from 6pm, talks and panel from 7pm, finishing at 9pm
• Venue: Hillgrove Hotel & Spa, Old Armagh Road, Monaghan, H18 RK15
• Price: free, but registration is required through Eventbrite and places are limited
• Organiser: Monaghan Credit Union
• Best for: homeowners planning insulation, heat pump, solar or window works, and anyone comparing SEAI grant routes
• Come early if the exhibitors are the main draw, as the room turns over to talks at 7pm

Getting There

The Hillgrove Hotel is on the Old Armagh Road on the eastern side of Monaghan town, a short drive from the N2 and N12 approaches and about a fifteen minute walk from Church Square and The Diamond. There is a large free car park on site. Coming from Dundalk or Armagh, follow the N53 or N12 into town and turn for the Old Armagh Road before the town centre. Monaghan bus station on North Road is served by Dublin, Derry and Belfast routes, and it is roughly a twenty minute walk from there, or a short taxi.