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HANDS-ON APPROACH NEEDED TOWARDS INSURANCE INDUSTRY DURING COVID-19 HEALTH...
Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan/Monaghan Brendan Smith this week called on Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe TD to step up his engagement with the insurance industry, stating that local businesses in his...
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CROSS BORDER MAPPING EXERCISE BY AIR
Michael Fisher Aerial images of County Monaghan are being gathered by the Ordnance Survey Northern Ireland in order to update their series of maps. A light plane was heard in the Tydavnet area around...
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LOCAL YOUTHS REACH NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AWARDS
ECO-UNESCO have announced youth projects from Monaghan and Cavan have reached the final of this year’s Young Environmentalist Awards. Almost 500 applications were received, which is a record breaking...
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FIANNA FÁIL AND FINE GAEL ACCUSED OF “STUPIDITY, GREED AND HYPOCRISY”
In the following opinion piece, local socialist political activist Paddy Grenham takes aim at Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael and questions their past and present policy approaches to some of the urgent...
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FESTINA LENTE
Comment The tentative beginnings of a return to social and economic activity signalled by the first phase of the Government’s recovery roadmap to take the country out of the virtual lockdown situation...
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LOCAL FF DEPUTY URGES FAMILIES TO SEEK ‘BACK-TO-SCHOOL’ ALLOWANCE
THE Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan-Monaghan Niamh Smyth is urging families to apply for the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA) as the scheme opened for applications. Deputy Smyth has...
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MAJOR EXPENDITURE EARMARKED FOR TRAVELLER ACCOMMODATION SITE AT GORTAKEEGAN
The Gortakeegan Park Halting site outside Monaghan Town. ©Rory Geary/The Northern Standard Monaghan Co Council said this week that it anticipated works commencing in the third quarter of this year on...
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CABINET BRIEFED ON SOCIAL DISTANCING RULES
Decrease in Coronavirus Cases But 2m Guideline Remains Michael Fisher The Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan has told the Cabinet he does not intend to advise that the two metre social distancing...
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EIRGRID PUSH AHEAD WITH INTERCONNECTOR PROJECT WHILE PANDEMIC RESTRICTIONS IN...
Michael Fisher EirGrid has made clear its intention to push forward with its controversial plan for the North South interconnector, which is still awaiting planning permission in Northern Ireland. A...
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WITHDRAWAL OF PROVIDER FROM NORTH BROADBAND CONTRACT BID DEEPLY WORRYING SAYS...
• Councillor Coyle criticises SF for failure to insist on all-island approach Cathaoirleach of Monaghan Co Council Councillor Seamus Coyle has expressed serious disappointment at the withdrawal of the...
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GLASLOUGH MOTHER AND SON CYCLING MALIN TO MIZEN FOR CHILDLINE
The journey from Malin to Mizen Head is significant for any adventurer, but it’s just the challenge energetic Glaslough boy Dylan Dickson (9) and his mother Alison are taking on to help raise vital...
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FORMER FAUGHS PLAYER CLOSING IN ON TWO DECADES AT KILMACUD CROKES
CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 CRISIS Páraic McDonald made his name as a multitalented sportsman in Castleblayney and a winner of multiple titles with the Faughs, but he has now spent almost two decades as a...
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CALLS FOR WALKING TRACKS TO REOPEN NEXT MONTH
COLM SHALVEY The GAA may consider permitting limited access to some club grounds before July 20, but not for playing purposes, as per recent comments by John Horan. With the GAA and the LGFA insurance...
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MONAGHAN SURVEY REVEALS CHALLENGES AND POSITIVES FOR PARENTS DURING COVID-19
Last month Tusla’s PPFS Parent Support Champions for Monaghan, in partnership with CYPSC (Children and Young Person’s Services Committee), conducted a survey with parents on how they were managing...
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BALLYBAY AND CARRICK STUDENTS WIN NATIONAL ENTERPRISE ACCOLADES
Students from Ballybay Community College and the Patrician High School in Carrickmacross have received national recognition for their entrepreneurial abilities. They were winners at the Student...
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QUARANTINE SHORT EARNS INTERNATIONAL AWARD FOR MONAGHAN FILM-MAKER
Ardaghey film-maker Colin Peppard has won an award at Argentina’s Desert Light Film Festival for a short film made during the Covid-19 restrictions. Colin directed and starred in So Say All Of US,...
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FAMILY APPEAL FOR INFORMATION AS BRITISH POLICE RE-EXAMINE 1993 DISAPPEARANCE...
The family of a Castleblayney native who went missing while believed en route from London to Spain in the early 1990s have appealed to people within the circulation area of the Northern Standard to...
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MAGHERACLOONE MITCHELLS RUN MILLY’S MINI MARATHON THIS WEEKEND
By Veronica Corr Magheracloone Mitchells GAA Club recently launched Milly’s Mini Marathon on the fundraising platform everydayhero. com to raise funds for Heart Children Ireland, who are providing...
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RENEWED FEARS ABOUT BREXIT THREAT TO NORTH AS NEGOTIATIONS ENTER “CRUCIAL WEEK”
A report has claimed that both the political stability and economic prosperity of Northern Ireland are under threat from the uncertain outcome of the negotiations between the UK and EU over the form...
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NEW CLUSTERS OF COVID-19 IN MONAGHAN
Michael Fisher As the country prepares for coronavirus restrictions to be further relaxed on Monday, a Monaghan doctor has urged caution as clusters of Covid-19 are still being detected in the county....
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