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FEILE ORIEL 2024 RETURNS THIS MAY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND
The May Bank Holiday weekend will be a busy one in the North Monaghan area as the 2024 edition of Feile Oriel is expected to draw a massive influx of traditional music devotees. Following on the...
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SENATOR BILLY FOX 50TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION THIS SUNDAY
By Veronica Corr Fine Gael both locally and nationally will mark the 50th anniversary of Senator Billy Fox’s assassination this coming Sunday, 28th April in Bawn, Latton and Aughnamullen. Those who...
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NEW DOCUMENTARY ON DUBLIN AND MONAGHAN BOMBINGS
A new feature-length documentary on the 1974 bombings in Dublin and Monaghan Town will premiere at the Lighthouse Cinema in Dublin on May 10. Entitled Anatomy of a Massacre, the film, by Fergus Dowd...
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SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR BALLYBAY MARKET HOUSE REGENERATION
€250,000 in funding under the Town and Village Renewal Scheme to carry out public realm works to enhance the streetscape and surrounds of the historic Market House building in Ballybay was announced...
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50 YEARS ON: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF SLAIN OIREACHTAS MEMBER BILLY FOX CELEBRATED
By Veronica Corr The 50th anniversary of Senator Billy Fox’s death was marked on Sunday last with wreathlayings in Senator Billy Fox Memorial Park and at his grave in the grounds of Christ Church,...
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TIME FOR NORTH ASSEMBLY TO STEP UP ON ULSTER CANAL SAYS MINISTER HUMPHREYS
Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys TD has challenged Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill MLA to “show some interest” in the major cross-Border project...
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SPARKS FLY AS LANDOWNERS VENT INTERCONNECTOR ANGER AT AUGHNAMULLEN MEETING
A closed meeting of landowners impacted by the proposed North South Interconnector was held on Tuesday May 7 at Aughnamullen Sports Centre to discuss the recent encounters of landowners with EirGrid...
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LOCAL AUTHORITY’S “POTHOLE BLITZ” WARMLY WELCOMED BY EMBATTLED COUNCILL
PETER HUGHES Monaghan Co Council is continuing a programme of targeted road repairs across the county designed to address the deterioration of rural transport routes. The so-called “pothole blitz” was...
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LARGY STUDENTS SPREAD THE ANTI-RACISM MESSAGE WITH NEW RESOURCE PACK INITIATIVE
“We Are All Human” is the theme of a new resource pack of materials prepared by the students of Largy College in Clones which was launched at Clones Courthouse yesterday, Wednesday lunchtime, at the...
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SCOTSTOWN, SCOTSHOUSE COMMUNITIES UP IN ARMS OVER MASTS
PETER HUGHES Plans by telecommuniations company Eir to erect masts in central locations close to residences in the villages of Scotstown and Scotshouse in Co Monaghan have met with concerted community...
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CANAL STORES WINS KEY CONTRACT FOR CLONES MARINA DEVELOPMENT
PETER HUGHES The local Ulster Canal Stores has been selected as the preferred bidder for the delivery of food and refreshment services at the new Marina which is reaching the concluding stages of...
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€27.1 MILLION FLAGSHIP FOR PEACE IN BORDER REGION OPENS IN MONAGHAN TOWN
PETER HUGHES With fanfare and a panoramic reflection on the past and future of the country’s journey towards meaningful reconciliation between its cultural and religious traditions, the new Peace...
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MINISTER HUMPHREYS ANNOUNCES ALMOST €10.8 MILLION FOR NEXT STAGE OF...
Minister for Rural and Community Development, local TD Heather Humphreys, has said the investment of almost €10.8 million for the Castleblayney Market Square Regeneration Project will finally ensure...
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LOUD & CLEAR
COLM SHALVEYTALKING POINTS Monaghan supporters who made the long journey south would have hoped to have seen added freshness and hunger to their team’s performance, but there was little of that to be...
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INTERNATIONAL MODULAR CONSTRUCTION ENTERPRISE OPENS GLOBAL CENTRE OF...
Volumetric Building Companies (VBC), an international leader in modular construction has marked the official opening of its Global Centre of Excellence in Monaghan. Headquartered in Philadelphia PA,...
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BLADE OF GLORY! — CLONES PARALYMPIAN SHANE MCLOUGHLIN’S GUINNESS WORLD RECORD
By Veronica Corr Clones man Seamus McLoughlin spoke to The Northern Standard on Monday to discuss his impending entry into the Guinness Book of World Records with a Truck Pull. As the first...
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PASSING OF WELLKNOWN MONAGHAN TOWNSWOMAN AND EDUCATIONALIST
Much regret in Monaghan Town and over a wide area greeted the news of the passing at the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin on Saturday last, May 18 of Nóra Mac Cinna (née Holland), Leacht Lorcáin,...
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VICTIMS OF 1974 BOMBING REMEMBEREDWITH PETALS, POETRY AND PRAYER
PETER HUGHES Flower petals, poetry and prayer, quietude and plaintive music and song interwove with words to fashion a poignant tribute to those who died and those who suffered, those still suffering...
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ANNAHAGH LAND DEAL PAVES WAY FOR MORE INDUSTRY AND JOBS FOR MONAGHAN
PETER HUGHES Significant industrial expansion in the Annahagh area of Monaghan will be facilitated by land acquisition developments detailed at Monday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District. The...
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