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CULTURE NIGHT COLLOQUY – HOME PLACE PERSPECTIVES SHARED IN PEACE CAMPUS SETTING
PETER HUGHES Questions of Border and Monaghan identity were posed by Gráinne McElwain and answered by novelist Pat McCabe, businesswoman Janette Maxwell and Monaghan Co Council Chief Executive Robert...
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NUREMORE HOTEL IN CARRICKMACROSS PUT ON THE MARKET FOR €6MILLION
As we went to press yesterday (Wednesday), The Northern Standard learned that the former 4 star Nuremore Hotel and Country Club had gone up for sale on the open market, along with the estimated 160...
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SINN FÉIN LEADER SETS OUT GOVERNMENT AND UNITED IRELAND GOALS AT MONAGHAN...
PETER HUGHES “Brian McKenna has left us a legacy to guide us as we strive for a united Ireland,” declared Sinn Féin President Mary Lou McDonald TD in Monaghan’s Four Seasons Hotel on Saturday evening...
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THE PEACE LINK — THE FIRST TEN YEARS
By Veronica Corr It was a busy news week and The Peace Link in Clones had its moment in the sun too, quite literally, as it’s official tenth anniversary of the sporting and community facility took...
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MONAGHAN TOWN MUSHROOM FESTIVAL DEBUTS WITH DIVERSE PROGRAMME
Saturday will see Monaghan Town celebrate diverse aspects of an area of agri-food production in which it has become an international leader. The first-ever Monaghan Mushroom Festival will take place...
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A5 ROUTE FINALLY PROGRESSES, BUT NO MOVEMENT ON N2 IN COUNTY MONAGHAN – CARTHY
Cavan Monaghan Sinn Féin TD, Matt Carthy, has welcomed the announcement of Stormont Minister, John O’Dowd, that works will commence on the A5 road upgrade in County Tyrone. This development will be of...
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FAMILY WITH SCOTSTOWN CONNECTIONS TO BE HONOURED BY MONAGHAN SOCIETY NEW YORK
A Distinguished Service Award will be presented at the 111th Annual Dinner Dance of New York’s Monaghan Society tomorrow, Friday evening to a family with deep Scotstown connections. The McQuaid family...
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KEELAN AND O’HANLON CLASH OVER ROADS FUNDING REQUEST
PETER HUGHES South Monaghan local public representatives Noel Keelan (Sinn Féin) and P J O’Hanlon (Fianna Fáil) had a robust verbal joust at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council on the issue of...
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POSITIVE MOMENTUM BUILDING FOR UPGRADE OF ST TIERNACH’S PARK
A strong momentum of support among a wide range of stakeholders is building for the upgrade of Ulster final venue St Tiernach’s Park and the area of Clones in which the stadium is located. This was...
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REDUCED SPEED LIMITS “WILL SAVE LIVES IN COUNTY MONAGHAN”
1,000 new poles and 1,282 new speed limit signs will be installed across Co Monaghan in November. The works will herald the introduction of new 60 kph speed limits on rural and local roads in Co...
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OVER €4.5 MILLION IN PEACE PLUS FUNDING FOR COUNTY MONAGHAN
The Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) has awarded more than €4.5 million in funding to Monaghan Co Council under the PEACE PLUS Programme. Seven local authorities on both sides of the Border will...
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MONAGHAN SOCCER MOURNS PASSING OF BILLY BAGSTER
The passing at St James’s Hospital in Dublin on Sunday last, October 6 of Billy Bagster has evoked deep sadness among the followers of soccer in Monaghan. Rightly described this week as “a Monaghan...
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SEMI FINALS
COLM SHALVEY As the Monaghan football championship season races towards its conclusion, the finalists in each grade will be known by Sunday evening. Clones hosts an enticing SFC semi-final...
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MINISTER HEATHER HUMPHREYS ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT AHEAD OF GENERAL ELECTION...
By Veronica Corr and Peter Hughes Tributes were paid across the political spectrum to Minister Heather Humphreys following the shock announcement of her retirement from politics at the weekend via a...
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SPECIAL SCHOOL FOR MONAGHAN TO BE ESTABLISHED NEXT YEAR, MINISTERS CONFIRM
Monaghan is to be the location for one of five new special schools to be established next year to cater for the increasing number of students with special educational needs, Minister for Education...
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CALL FOR MONAGHAN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE REFUGE TO BE FAST-TRACKED AS WORRYING...
Sinn Féin local public representative and Cathaoirleach of Monaghan Co Council Cathy Bennett this week called for the process to deliver a domestic violence refuge to serve the county to be expedited....
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MONAGHAN WOMAN IS SCHOOL BUS DRIVER OF THE YEAR
Bus Éireann, Ireland’s national bus company, has celebrated its employees’ achievements in 2024 at the regional annual GEM (‘Go the Extra Mile’) Awards, which recognise excellent customer service,...
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MONAGHAN’S NEW CHILDREN’S RESPITE CENTRE OFFICIALLY OPENS
Minister of for Disabilities Anne Rabbitte TD pictured cutting the ribbon at the official opening of the new Children’s Respite Centre, Rainbow lodge, at Urblekirk in Monaghan on Tuesday. Pictured...
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HISTORIC WESTENRA ARMS HOTEL SOLD TO WATTERS FAMILY
By Veronica Corr As we went to press yesterday, (Wednesday), local entrepreneur Padraig Watters took time out of his busy schedule to speak to The Northern Standard about his family’s latest...
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OVER 150 APPROVALS IN CO MONAGHAN UNDER VACANT PROPERTY SCHEME
Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien TD has published the latest figures relating to the vacant property refurbishment grant which show that, in Co Monaghan, already,...
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