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€40,000 ALLOCATED FOR SCHEME TO RESTORE HOPE CASTLE ENTRANCE BUILDINGS
By PATSY McARDLE CONCERNS expressed over several weeks about the dilapidated and deteriorating state of entranceway buildings to Lough Muckno, and the Hope Castle Estate in Castleblayney, were eased...
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CARRICKMACROSS CHEERS CHRISTINA’S BOXING SUCCESS
Michael Fisher “Welcome home, champ!” said the posters in the shop windows. A crowd of around 500 welcomed home the victorious boxer Christina McMahon in Carrickmacross on Tuesday night. Christina won...
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GREAT WELCOME IN CARRICKMACROSS FOR CHRISTINA MCMAHON
By Michael Fisher Carrick: this one’s for you! Boxer Christina McMahon proudly displayed her WBC title belt to the crowd of several hundred who welcomed her home to the Main Street in Carrickmacross on...
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MONAGHAN IN BLOOM
A feature on Monaghan exhibitors and visitors at Bloom in the Park 2015 at the Phoenix Park in Dublin. Michael Fisher Monaghan made quite an impression at this year’s Bloom Festival at the Phoenix Park...
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FLEADH MHUINEACHÁIN 2015 SHOWCASES A WEALTH OF TRADITIONAL TALENT!
FOLLOWING its outstanding success last year, the County Fleadh returned to Monaghan town last weekend, where a wealth of traditional talent was celebrated. The organisers were lucky to have the...
View ArticleA NEW DESIGN FOR MONAGHAN FURNITURE
The outcome of the development phase of the Wood FootPrint Project initiated in Monaghan over two years ago to examine the causes of decline in the furniture production sector and chart avenues for its...
View ArticleEXAM TIME – PHARMACISTS REPORT A SURGE IN PARENTS SEEKING ADVICE ON EXAM...
With the beginning of the Leaving Certificate this week, pharmacists are noticing a surge in visits by parents worried about the impact exam stress is having on their children. Exam stress can manifest...
View ArticleMONAGHAN NEEDS EU OFFICER – COLR CONLON
PETER HUGHES Monaghan Co Council needs to appoint a specific official to the task of accessing funding from European sources, the Cathaoirleach of the Monaghan Municipal District has advocated. Sinn...
View ArticleCOMBILIFT SEEKS PLANNING PERMISSION FOR NEW FACTORY
Michael Fisher The forklift company Comiblift which is one of County Monaghan’s most successful businesses has applied for planning permission to build a new premises on a 100-acre site on the...
View ArticleTREANOR ADVOCATES RETIREMENT VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT AT ST DAVNET’S SITE
PETER HUGHES The utilisation of spare accommodation and land at the site of St Davnet’s Hospital for a retirement village development to provide much needed local accommodation for the elderly was...
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FURNITURE INDUSTRY FIGHTS BACK! – MINISTER HUMPHREYS LAUNCHES NEW PLAN FOR...
PETER HUGHES A major new initiative to restore vigour to the Monaghan furniture industry, involving significant marketing and training developments and the strengthening of a new national...
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MONAGHAN ROSE THROUGH TO TRALEE!
By Cianna McNally Monaghan Rose Michelle Caulfield is Tralee bound later this summer as she was selected to go through to the International Festival last weekend. Michelle, who hails from Scotstown,...
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TYDAVNET ART STUDENT’S WINNING PORTRAIT TO BE EXHIBITED IN TOKYO
Michael Fisher Art student Frances Treanor from Drumdart, Tydavnet, who won this year’s Texaco Children’s Art Competition, will travel to Japan later this month to see her stunning self portrait...
View ArticleMINORS ALL SET FOR MAJOR U-18 GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP
The crème de la crème of local young golf talent are expected to compete in this year’s annual U18 Northern Standard Golf Championship. The event is now a blue chip item on the local golfing calendar...
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IT’S OKAY TO BE DIFFERENT – DIAMOND PHOTOGRAPHIC DISPLAY CONVEYS POWERFUL...
A powerful focus for the message of Monaghan Social Inclusion Week 2015 was formally unveiled by Monaghan Co Council in Monaghan Town’s Diamond on Tuesday morning last. Images from the book ‘Here I...
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G.A.A. “WILL NEVER ABANDON CLONES”
- Association President tells Co Council that St Tiernach’s Park has “nothing to fear” from Casement project PETER HUGHES The vow that the GAA “will never abandon Clones” as a venue for major games was...
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JUDGE DENIS MCLOUGHLIN WELCOMED AS NEW RESIDENT JUDGE IN DISTRICT 5
By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie JUDGE Denis McLoughlin, the newly appointed resident District Court judge for the Cavan/Monaghan area (Court District Number 5), was welcomed by...
View ArticleCO COUNCIL PLANNING ASSESSMENT OF EIRGRID INTERCONNECTOR APPLICATION WILL BE...
PETER HUGHES The technical assessment to be performed by the planning authority of Monaghan Co Council in relation to the renewed application submitted by EirGrid to An Bord Pleanala this week for the...
View ArticleTHE CLONES CLAIM
TThe importance of the GAA to the Irish social engine is indisputable. From its very beginnings the Association has laid legitimate claim to territory beyond the demarcations of the playing field,...
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CLONES PARALYMPIC HOPEFUL APPEALS FOR RETURN OF STOLEN BLADE
By Cianna McNally A Clones athlete who had his prosthetic running blade stolen last weekend has appealed to the thieves to return it. As previously reported in The Northern Standard, Shane McLaughlin...
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