MINISTER CONGRATULATES NORTHERN STANDARD JOURNALIST ON RETIREMENT
After more than seven years working as a reporter for The Northern Standard, Tydavnetbased Michael Fisher has announced his retirement from the paper. He has been covering the Ballybay/Clones...
View ArticleMONAGHAN COUNCILLORS CALL FOR PHONE MAST LAW CHANGE
A change in planning legislation to control technology additions being made to telecommunications masts once they have acquired initial planning approval has been called for at a meeting of the...
View ArticleARREST IN CASTLEBLAYNEY AFTER HIGH-SPEED CHASE IN SOUTH ARMAGH
A 16-year-old male was arrested by the Garda in Castleblayney on Wednesday evening last following an incident in South Armagh in which a PSNI vehicle was rammed by a stolen camper van during a...
View ArticleJOSH KEEPS IT LOCAL AS MONAGHAN STAGES RALLY RETURNS
Local motorsport ace Josh Moffett in his Hyundai i20 R5 co-driven by Jason McKenna claimed a start-to-finish victory when the Monaghan Stages Rally returned on Sunday last for the first time in three...
View Article‘BLAYNEY MAN’S GROUND-BREAKING HEART AND LIVER TRANSPLANT HAILED AS MILESTONE...
A 30-year-old Polish national resident in Castleblayney has become Ireland’s first recipient of a combined heart and liver transplant. Martin Malinowski called this week for all families to actively...
View ArticleMONAGHAN ANTHEM WINNER TO BE REVEALED AT GALA MAY DAY EVENT
The winning entry in the Entekra-sponsored Monaghan Anthem international song contest will be revealed at a gala May Day event in Monaghan’s Four Seasons Hotel on Sunday May 1 next. The...
View ArticleANSWERS DEMANDED AFTER TWO-HOUR WAIT FOR AMBULANCE TO ARRIVE AT MONAGHAN...
A person who suffered a medical emergency in Monaghan Town on a recent weekend had to lie on the footpath for two hours until an ambulance arrived to render aid, it was claimed at last week’s meeting...
View ArticleMONAGHAN AIM TO TAKE DOWN HOSTS
Colm Shalvey reports After getting back to winning ways in the Ulster MFC last weekend, Monaghan will be looking to extend their campaign further when they travel to Newry to take on Down this...
View ArticleMINORS MAN UP
ARMAGH………..1-09MONAGHAN……0-15Venue: Athletic Grounds, Armagh Monaghan are still standing in the Ulster MFC after a hard-earned win over Armagh in an entertaining firstround qualifier at the Athletic...
View ArticleTRIBUTES PAID TO CARRICK TEENAGER AFTER DEATH IN ACCIDENT
Communities across South Monaghan and beyond have united in sympathy this week with the family of 14-year-old Aoibhe Byrne, Lisnaclea, Carrickmacross who was killed in an accident on the evening of...
View ArticleMAJOR PROGRAMME OF EVENTS PLANNED TO MARK GARDA CENTENARY IN CO MONAGHAN
A series of events will take place in Co Monaghan from September to November this year to mark the centenary of the formation of An Garda Síochána. The programme – which will include a series of Open...
View ArticleWINNER OF MONAGHAN ANTHEM CHOSEN
Cork’s Tim O’Riordan has penned the winning entry in the Monaghan Anthem International Song Contest. Tim’s composition Let This Be The Day was announced as the contest winner at a gala Showcase...
View ArticleTHE FIGHTING IRISH!
Sephira — The Irish Rock Violinists, Ruth and Joyce O’Leary from Carrickmacross were honoured to provide the soundtrack to what has been described as “the most epic weighin of all time” for Bray...
View ArticleMONAGHAN ONLY MINOR INJURY UNIT OPERATING FIVE-DAY SERVICE – CASE FOR...
Figures revealed by Sinn Féin TD for Cavan/Monaghan Matt Carthy this week show that the Minor Injury Unit at Monaghan General Hospital is the only one in the country operating a five-day-a-week...
View ArticleMONAGHAN YOUNGSTERS GUNNING FOR DONEGAL
Colm Shalvey reports A place in the Ulster MFC semi-finals is up for grabs when Monaghan welcome Donegal to Clones this Saturday. Having put a heavy opening defeat behind them to win their last three...
View ArticleUS TOURISTS CONFRONTED BY “DISGRACEFUL CONDITIONS” AT MONAGHAN BUS STATION...
Visitors from the USA who arrived at Monaghan Bus Station at the weekend were confronted by offensive graffiti and walls and cubicles smeared with excrement when they entered the toilet facility,...
View ArticlePRESSURE GROWS FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN MONAGHAN HOSPITAL AND AMBULANCE SERVICES
Campaigns to have the hours of operation at the Minor Injury Unit located at Monaghan Hospital expanded, and to have urgent improvements made in ambulance availability in the Monaghan area, gathered...
View ArticleCOLLEGIATE STUDENTS TO REPRESENT IRELAND AT JUNK KOUTURE WORLD FINAL
Hannah Potts and Louise McChesney of Monaghan Collegiate School will compete at the World Junk Kouture Final in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates later this year. The Collegiate pupils’ Queen of...
View ArticleALL SYSTEMS GO FOR NEW BALLYBAY FIRE STATION
The long campaign to equip Ballybay Fire Service personnel with a modern station facility reached a successful conclusion at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. The elected members endorsed a...
View ArticleADDITIONAL 60 UKRAINIAN REFUGEES ARRIVE IN CO MONAGHAN
An additional 60 refugees from the war in Ukraine had now arrived in Co Monaghan, Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council was informed. Orla Brady of the Council’s Community Development Section said...
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