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PEDAL POWER – FINE GAEL’S SECRET WEAPON ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL!
Fine Gael MEP Mairead McGuinness gets an unexpected electioneering lift courtesy of local man Francis Meehan during her party’s canvass of Monaghan Town centre last Thursday. Minister for Transport Leo...
View ArticlePUTTING A PRICE ON EDUCATION…?
Representatives of the childcare sector in Co Monaghan who intensively lobbied the members of Monaghan Co Council in recent weeks on the issue of rates being imposed on service providers were always...
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TIMBERLAND! – 700 FROST-DAMAGED TREES FELLED IN ROSSMORE PARK
By Cianna McNally Approximately 700 trees have been cut down in Rossmore Forest car park in the last two weeks due to frost damage a Coillte representative confirmed to the Northern Standard this week....
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MCCARTHY STANDS OUT ON THE DAY
Scotstown 1-13 Castleblayney 1-07 By COLM SHALVEY SCOTSTOWN continued their winning start to the County Monaghan Credit Unions SFL with six points to spare in the first game to be played in front of...
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FONTENOYS BEST IN DERBY DUEL
Corduff 1-09 Donaghmoyne 0-14 By KEVIN CARNEY A seven point lead at half-time was all the leg-up Donaghmoyne needed to go on and bag the spoils at the expense of IFL hosts Corduff on Saturday evening...
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DOOGAN BLOW IN COUNTDOWN TO CROKER CLASH WITH DONEGAL
By Colm Shalvey Monaghan’s Allianz National Football League Division Two Final against Donegal, Malachy O’Rourke will be hoping to have as near a clean bill of health as possible for his panel come...
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GAA GOLF CLASSIC SET TO TEE OFF MAY 31ST AT ROSSMORE GOLF CLUB
By Colm Shalvey The Monaghan GAA Perpetual Golf Classic 2014 was launched in the county Training Centre, Cloghan last Wednesday night. The Golf Classic will be held in Rossmore Golf Club on Saturday,...
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CYBER BULLYING AND DRUGS FORM AGENDA FOR MONAGHAN PUBLIC POLICING FORUM
Presentations on cyber bullying and the dangers of drugs formed the major part of the agenda for Monday night’s public meeting of the Monaghan Town Joint Policing Committee. Previous opportunities for...
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HORSE TRAINER BRADY TAKES OVER REINS AT 460-ACRE HOTEL AND GOLF COURSE
IT WAS confirmed this week that popular Monaghan-based racehorse trainer and businessman Oliver Brady has acquired the magnificent 460-acre Moyvalley Hotel and Golf Course near Enfield in Co Kildare....
View ArticleLOCAL TD AMONG A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAD SPEEDING CHARGES DISMISSED
A local TD and a well-known lawyer were among a number of people who had speeding summonses dismissed by a judge, after they emphatically stated that they had not received an opportunity to pay a fixed...
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STAGE IS SET FOR HIGHLIGHT OF MONAGHAN MOTOR SPORT CALENDAR
Brendan Flynn, Clerk of the Course for the Monaghan Stages Rally, is pictured with David Cassidy of event sponsors The Hillgrove Hotel at this week’s announcement of the details of the 2014 event,...
View Article5-4 VOTE VETOES FREE SATURDAY PARKING IN MONAGHAN TOWN
After some fraught debate and occasional fraying of tempers at Tuesday night’s meeting of Monaghan Town Council, the elected members decided by the narrowest of voting margins not to proceed with a...
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MONAGHAN STAGES RALLY IS GO, GO, GO
This weekend will see the culmination of hard work and planning over the past six months come to fruition for CoC Brendan Flynn and his dedicated team as the chequered flag is lowered for the 2014...
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SEAN MCDERMOTTS “MOCK WEDDING”
The Seáns ladies held their very successful ‘mock wedding’ fundraiser on Easter Sunday night. The show started in the Community Centre in Corcaghan with the wedding ceremony in a beautiful setting,...
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IN IT TO WIN IT! MAKE BRENDAN MCCAHEY THE VOICE OF IRELAND
By Veronica Corr Months ago we brought you Brendan McCahey’s story so far and now The Northern Standard is delighted to report that he is a finalist in The Voice of Ireland. Fresh from his semi-final...
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BOWE TIED!
It’s safe to say that more than a few female hearts broke last weekend with the news of Monaghan’s own rugby star Tommy Bowe’s engagement to his Welsh girlfriend of three years Lucy Whitehouse. Tommy,...
View ArticleAMBULANCE SERVICE DEALING WITH HIGH LEVEL OF ABSENTEEISM IN NORTH-EAST, TOWN...
Serious concerns among the public about the availability and response times of ambulances in emergency medical situations in the Monaghan area were raised with leading ambulance service personnel by...
View ArticleGARDAI ORDER MONAGHAN BOOKMAKER TO CLOSE PREMISES
GARDAI in Monaghan town have confirmed that a popular local bookmakers’ store was ordered to close its doors on Sunday last — as it remains illegal for betting shops to open for business on Easter...
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NEW LEO STRUCTURE WILL BOOST JOB CREATION POTENTIAL OF MONAGHAN SMALL...
A positive endorsement of the new Local Enterprise Office (LEO) structure that has come into being in Co Monaghan as a successor body to the former Co Enterprise Board was delivered to Tuesday’s...
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