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MTR SUPPORTS BORN2RUN IN ROSSMORE PARK:
BORN2RUN are organising the Rossmore Park race in association with Monaghan Town Runners. MTR is a growing club which has a complete cross section of runners in it’s membership. Monaghan Town Runners...
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ATHLETICS: DOUBLE FOR TONER IN LONDON
Clones athlete Denise Toner fresh from her win in the Lenister Masters Indoor Championships traveled as part of a small Northern Ireland to compete in the English Masters Inter Area Challenge at the...
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MAGHERA MASTERS
Danske Bank Ulster Colleges MacRory Cup Quarter Final St Patrick’s 3-07 St Macartan’s 2-04 By JOHN GRAHAM SAINT Macartan’s College’s MacRory Cup famine will move into a 59th year after a disappointing...
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PACKED COMMUNITY CENTRE ENJOYED GREAT COMPETITION
Acorn Life Scor Sinsir Finals The county finals of The Acorn Life sponsored Scor Sinsir took place in the Tullycorbet Community Centre on Friday night last, February 21st where a packed house was...
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MONAGHAN COMMUNITY GAMES ARE WINNERS IN WESTPORT
The National Community Games Annual General Meeting took place last weekend, 21st and 22nd of February, in Westport, Co. Mayo. Delegates and representatives from counties throughout Ireland attended to...
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CLONES COUNCILLOR RESIGNS FROM FINE GAEL
By Cianna McNally Clones councillor Yvonne Newell this week announced her resignation from the Fine Gael party over her stance on abortion. At Monday’s meeting of Clones Town Council, Councillor...
View ArticleDRUMGOON CELEBRATES AS GAA PRESIDENT ELECT RETURNS HOME!
By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie THE BONFIRES that were lit atop the drumlins around Drumgoon on Sunday evening said it all as the rural community around Maudabawn arose to greet and...
View ArticleFEARS MONAGHAN BODY IS NOW UNDER MAJOR THREAT
By PATSY McARDLE SHOCK fears were expressed this week that a vitally important Co. Monaghan body, which is currently part of a State network, and successfully placed 887 local people in jobs, or in...
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‘CLOUD’ COMPUTING DATA CENTRE LOCATES IN MONAGHAN
Cased Dimensions Limited has established central Ulster’s first ‘Cloud’ computing Tier 2 Data Centre with support from Cavan-Monaghan LEADER. This new data centre provides data storage services and...
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COOTEHILL’S DRUMLIN HOUSE WELCOMES PRESIDENT HIGGINS
By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie TUESDAY last was a memorable day for over 60 people with intellectual disabilities who attend the various courses, work and recreation programmes at...
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HUGE TURNOUT FOR BORN2RUN 10KM FOREST RUN IN ROSSMORE
The inaugural RUN FOREST RUN Rossmore 10k was a great success attracting hundreds of runners to Monaghan’s Rossmore Forest on Sunday last. The race was the final run in the series which was organised...
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“CAN PAY, WON’T PAY” RATES DEBTORS RISKING LEGAL ACTION FROM COUNTY COUNCIL
The “growing few” businesses in Co Monaghan in a position to pay their rates but not fulfilling the obligation will be pursued through the courts if necessary by Monaghan Co Council, it was stated on...
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CARRICK LADIES’ LIFE SAVING GOAL!
Carrick Emmets Ladies lend their support to the upcoming “Give Blood” clinic coming to Carrickmacross. The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) are delighted to be supported by the GAA in their vital...
View ArticleSTRICT LEGISLATION PREVENTS LOCAL FAVOURITISM IN AWARDING OF CONTRACTS – CO...
Monaghan Co Council is to establish a new procurement unit to ensure that the best value for money for taxpayers and ratepayers was obtained when services were being tendered for and contracts awarded,...
View ArticleWORK OF CHERNOBYL CHILDREN INTERNATIONAL PRAISED BY MONAGHAN ROSE AND ESCORT...
By Cianna McNally “Emotional,” “Memorable” and “Bone-chilling” are just a few words that Monaghan Rose Eleanor McQuaid and Escort David McGettigan used to describe their recent four-day trip to a...
View ArticleILLEGAL ABBATOIR: LINK PROBE TO CROSS-BORDER RUSTLING?
By PATSY McARDLE POLICE on both sides of the Border were probing a possible link early this week which the discovery of an illegal abattoir in the North, near the South Armagh border, might have with a...
View Article“PHENOMENAL” LEGAL COSTS OF BY-PASS LAND ACQUISITION PROVOKE CONCERN
“Unbelievable” and “a phenomenal amount of money” were the descriptions applied by Sinn Féin’s Brian McKenna at Tuesday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council to legal and other costs of €626,000 which had...
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DONEGAL DEFEAT MONAGHAN
Donegal 2-11 Monaghan 0-10 By JOHN GRAHAM MONAGHAN slumped to a disappointing defeat, their first in the current NFL Division 2 campaign, when they proved no match for an in-form Donegal who showed a...
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DRUMHOWAN INSTRUMENTAL GROUP MAKE THE HEADLINES
By COLM SHALVEY Five youngsters from the Drumhowan club made history last weekend in Castlebar when they became the first team from Monaghan and only the second from Ulster to retain their All-Ireland...
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