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POSTERITY NUDGES POLITICS ASIDE AT FINAL GATHERING OF CURRENT CO COUNCIL
Northern Standard photographer Rory Geary wielded the baton like a conductor on the last night of the Proms. Before him the orchestra of Monaghan Co Council members and officials achieved a union in a...
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CONNOLLY DEFENDS CO COUNCIL EXPENDITURE ON CANADA TRIPS AS “MONEY WELL SPENT”
Expenditure by Monaghan Co Council on sending delegations to Prince Edward Island and other locations in Canada represented “money well spent” in light of the tourism return being generated by this...
View Article3-YEAR-OLD SON KILLED AND MOTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED
By PATSY McARDLE AN horrific Bank Holiday road tragedy near Carrickmacross on Monday evening last claimed the life of a three-years-old boy and left the child’s mother seriously injured. Little Eoin...
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MONAGHAN CO-OP AND IFA URGE MINISTER FOR ‘NO CHANGE’ IN COMMUNITY FUNDING
By PATSY McARDLE TOWN of Monaghan Co-Op Society has added its voice to a call by the Irish Farmers’ Association in Co. Monaghan to Environment Minister Phil Hogan, and the local Fine Gael Dail...
View ArticleSIGNIFICANT STAFF REDEPLOYMENT AS CO COUNCIL PREPARES FOR NEW COMMUNITY AND...
72 out of the 232 local authority staff in Co Monaghan are being redeployed in preparation for the new local government era to commence on June 1, Co Manager Eugene Cummins told the May meeting of...
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BIKER DIES IN CRASH – AFTER REMEMBRANCE SERVICE
THE organisers of a remembrance ceremony to honour motor bikers who lost their lives in different road crashes were shocked last Friday by the tragic death of a 29-years-old Mid-Monaghan biker who was...
View ArticleWREATH-LAYING WILL MARK 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF MONAGHAN BOMBING
A ceremony will be held at Church Square in Monaghan Town on Sunday afternoon to mark the 40th anniversary of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. Monaghan Town Council Cathaoirleach Paul McGeown and Co...
View ArticleHSE APOLOGISES FOR CARRICK WOMAN’S DEATH
The HSE has unreservedly apologised for shortcomings in the management and care of a Carrickmacross woman, Sharon McEneaney, whose death occurred at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda. The High...
View ArticleELECTION CANDIDATE SUBJECTED TO RACIST ABUSE IN MONAGHAN TOWN
By Veronica Corr A Lithuanian Green Party Local Election candidate, Grazvydas “Grady” Vaitekunas, told The Northern Standard this week that he was subjected to a verbal racist attack in Monaghan Town...
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EMOTIONAL SCENES AT LOUGH EGISH FUNERAL – MORE THAN 1,000 MOURNERS AT YOUNG...
By Patsy McArdle THERE were emotional scenes in the church and cemetery for the funeral last Friday, which included a “Mass of the Angels,” for a three-and-a-half-years-old boy and only son of a...
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CLONES STUDENT REPRESENTING IRELAND AT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Clones student Kate Madden is currently representing Ireland in the Modern Pentathlon at the women’s Youth World Championships in Budapest, Hungary from 14th – 18th May. Modern Pentathlon requires each...
View ArticleLATER ON
The terrible event that happened in the centre of Monaghan Town on May 17, 1974 will, assuredly, never be forgotten. But the manner of its remembering has changed over the years in significant...
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MONAGHAN PLAY-OFF BOOST
Monaghan 3-12 Sligo 0-14 Monaghan bounced back from their disappointing performance against Donegal in Letterkenny a week previous to show that there is still character in the side as they played with...
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BLACKHILL THE BEST ON THE DAY
Blackhill 1-13 Killeevan 0-06 By JOHN GRAHAM A stronger, sharper, more adept Blackhill got their championship campaign off to a winning start when they proved too strong for Killeevan in this low-key,...
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NORTHERN STANDARD CUP AT ROSSMORE GOLF CUB SET TO ATTRACT BUMPER ENTRY ON...
By KEVIN CARNEY The increasingly popular Northern Standard Boys U18 Golf Championship is set to be expanded this year with news that players from outside of county Monaghan will be invited to...
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TYRONE TEST ON THE HORIZON FOR ULSTER CHAMPS MONAGHAN MONAGHAN
Monaghan now know their opponents for the first game of the Ulster Senior Football Championship defence after Tyrone beat Down in last Saturday’s preliminary round replay. by COLM SHALVEY After this...
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CARTHY THE STAR OF EUROPEAN AND LOCAL ELECTIONS
By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie THE headwind was behind Sinn Féin yet again when the local and European election results began to crystallise, with the undeniable star of the show...
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WIDESPREAD GRIEF AND HEARTFELT TRIBUTES FOLLOW SUDDEN DEATH OF FINE GAEL...
The entire political and community landscape of Co Monaghan was plunged into grief on Friday, May 23 last with the news of the sudden death of Fine Gael member of Monaghan Co Council Owen Bannigan. C...
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“TAKEN TOO SOON”
By Cianna McNally An emotional tribute was this week paid to the late councillor Owen Bannigan by his brother Gabriel at his funeral which took place in the Sacred Heart Church, Lough Egish on Tuesday,...
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