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UNITED IRELAND RALLYING CRY AT MONAGHAN SF CELEBRATION FUNCTION
Peter Hughes A rallying cry to make the achievement of a United Ireland through consensus and dialogue their priority in the months ahead was made to the members of Sinn Féin in Co Monaghan who...
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QUINN BUSINESSMAN ABDUCTED AND BEATEN:LEFT ON ROADSIDE IN CO. CAVAN
Michael Fisher An investigation is underway on both sides of the border into a serious assault in County Fermanagh on Tuesday evening, during which a Director of Quinn Industrial Holdings was abducted,...
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“FARMING ON THE FLOOR”
Farmers’ Protest Continues in Clones Michael Fisher “Tell them farming is on the floor and rural Ireland is on its knees.” This was the stark picture described by the dozen or so farmers protesting...
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REMOTE WORK PROJECT IN DEVELOPMENT FOR MONAGHAN TOWN
Peter Hughes The development of a remote work facility in Monaghan Town was among a number of projects and initiatives being engaged in by the Monaghan Town Team business support organisation outlined...
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EMBRACING THE STRANGER
Boris and Donald, where would we in the media be without them? Open a newspaper or tune in to a broadcast or social media news platform this week and there the two lads were again, deflecting the very...
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FIRST OLM DEACONS IN CLOGHER DIOCESE ARE ORDAINED
The ordination has taken place in St. Macartin’s Cathedral, Enniskillen of Colin Brownsmith and Abraham Storey as Deacons, the first in Clogher Diocese following their training in Ordained Local...
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MONAGHAN WRITER IS RUNNER-UP IN SEÁN Ó FAOLÁIN INTERNATIONAL SHORT STORY...
Monaghan writer Peter Hughes has been awarded second prize in the 2019 Seán Ó Faoláin International Short Story Competition. Mr Hughes, who is editor and journalist with the Northern Standard...
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MONAGHAN HEARS CHILDREN’S CLIMATE JUSTICE CALL TO ARMS
Children and young people from Monaghan Town added their voices to the powerful call to arms for climate change justice heard across the globe on Friday last. People going about their business in...
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SEARCH FOR REMAINS OF COLUMBA MCVEIGH IN BRAGAN CALLED OFF
Michael Fisher The family of a County Tyrone teenager killed and secretly buried by the IRA over forty years ago received the sad news on Friday that the latest search for his remains in Bragan bog has...
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WIDESPREAD CONDEMNATION OF HORRIFIC ATTACK ON KEVIN LUNNEY
Michael Fisher The abduction and savage attack on the Quinn Industrial Holdings executive Kevin Lunney in Co. Cavan last week was absolutely awful and outrageous, Minister Heather Humphreys told the...
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MONAGHAN CO COUNCIL MARKS EUROPEAN DAY WITHOUT A ROAD DEATH
Thursday 26th September 2016 marks European Day Without A Road Death, also known as Project EDWARD. The aim of the campaign is that no one should die on the roads of Europe on this day. All road users...
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198 ASYLUM SEEKERS LIVING IN ST. PATRICK’S ACCOMMODATION CENTRE, DEPARTMENT...
By Veronica Corr and Michael Fisher On foot of an enquiry from this newspaper regarding other sites being earmarked for asylum seekers within the County Monaghan, a spokesperson for the Department of...
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BOSS MOEN HOPES TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM AGAINST BUNCRANA
KEVIN ÓG CARNEY Manager Declan Moen is expecting his side to face their toughest test of the season so far when they seek to extend their championship campaign this Saturday. Moen has reported a...
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CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS HEATING UP
COLM SHALVEY COMMENTARY It’s all knock-out from here on in the local club championships as the race for the titles heats up. The Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship Final will be between...
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NEPPC SAY SHUT THE GATES AND STAND UP TO EIRGRID
Michael Fisher The North East Pylon Pressure Campaign has said the time has come for landowners to shut the gates and stand up to the propaganda of EirGrid about the proposed North South...
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MONAGHAN MAN FIRST IRISH MAN HOME IN BERLIN MARATHON
Castleshane man John Moen did Ireland proud once again when for the 3rd year in succession he was the first Irish finisher in the 2019 BMW Berlin Inline – Skating Marathon last Saturday afternoon. In a...
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BRITISH GOVERNMENT BREXIT BORDER PROPOSALS “ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE” – MATT...
Sinn Féin MEP, Matt Carthy, joined the chorus of outrage this week to the British government’s suggestion of developing customs posts along the border as part of its effort to replace the ‘backstop’....
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DEPUTIES Ó CAOLÁIN AND MUNSTER INTRODUCE MEDICAL ENTITLEMENTS IN NURSING...
Sinn Féin Dáil Deputies Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan/Monaghan) and Imelda Munster (Louth) jointly introduced new legislation in the Dáil last week that is designed to stamp out the practice of charging...
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MONAGHAN CAMERA CLUB TRIP TO POLAND
At a meeting last year Karolina Biezunska suggested that the club consider a photography weekend to her home country of Poland. A small committee consisting of John Nutley, Ryan Coyle, Brendan Mc...
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GLORIOUS GLASLOUGH
The coming to an end this week of the long wait by the picturesque and pristine North Monaghan village of Glaslough to replicate the national Tidy Towns success they enjoyed in 1978 has precipitated...
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