BALLYBAY OKTOBERFEAST PROMISES FUN FOR ALL THE FAMILY
By Cianna McNally A three day festival, inspired by the world famous German event Oktoberfest, is scheduled to take place in Ballybay next month. Oktoberfeast, which has been organised by the...
View ArticleCHARITY WALK IN MEMORY OF STEPHEN CROTTY
The Knockatallon Ramblers will hold a walk on Sunday 13th September in aid of local cancer charities and in memory of club member Stephen Crotty who past away last year. The walk on the day will be one...
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MONAGHAN CREDIT UNION STREETS OF MONAGHAN 5K
The 2015 Streets of Monaghan 5k road race sponsored by Monaghan Credit union took place on Friday night last in excellent running conditions. There was a large turnout for the event which proved to be...
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CLONES CELEBRATES REOPENING OF NEWLY REFURBISHED ULSTER CANAL STORES
By Cianna McNally A capacity crowd turned out on Saturday last to celebrate the reopening of the newly refurbished Ulster Canal Stores in Clones. The event was largely blessed with good weather...
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50 YEARS GLASLOUGH TIDY TOWN – GOLDEN JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS
2015 sees Glaslough Tidy Towns celebrate fifty years in existence which is a truly historic milestone for this community based organisation. While Glaslough awaits the results of the National Tidy...
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LAUNCH OFFERS A TASTE OF WHAT TASTE OF MONAGHAN 2015 HAS IN STORE
By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie IN AN ERA of growing interest in creative culinary delights, food lovers in Monaghan town, county and beyond are being promised a mouth-watering menu...
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MONAGHAN DESIGNERS TO SHOWCASE AT LONDON FASHION WEEK
By Cianna McNally A Carrickmacross designer is gearing up to fly the flag for Co Monaghan at London Fashion Week. Natalie B Coleman is one of 11 fashion designers who have been selected to showcase...
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‘MIRACLE BABY’ JESSICA RECOVERING AFTER HEART TRANSPLANT
Michael Fisher A nine months old baby from County Monaghan has had a life-saving heart transplant in London and is now recovering in hospital in Dublin. The family of Jessica Hall from Corcaghan have...
View ArticleCATTLE RUSTLERS HIT VALUABLE HERDS IN SOUTH AND MID-MONAGHAN
By PATSY McARDLE and MICHAEL McDONNELL FARMERS throughout Co Monaghan are on ‘red alert’ this week — after cattle rustlers targeted livestock herds at different premises near the Border in recent days....
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MAJOR TOURISM AWARD FOR THE LODGE AT CASTLE LESLIE ESTATE
The Lodge at Castle Leslie Estate has won a major tourism award in recognition of the quality and hospitality of its staff. The AA Courtesy & Care Award goes to Co. Monaghan for the first time and...
View ArticleCATTLE THEFT A SHAMEFUL CRIME
The organised theft of livestock from farms in Co Monaghan and the wider Border region rivals the production of illegal diesel as a major blight on economic prosperity and community welfare. The fact...
View ArticleCHRISTINA MCMAHON’S TITLE CHALLENGE POSTPONED
Michael Fisher A major title fight due to be staged in New York on Tuesday evening involving Carrickmacross boxer Christina McMahon was unexpectedly postponed shortly before she was due to leave...
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CARRICK ACES 5K
There was an excellent turnout of 188 runners for the Carrick Aces 5k as part of the clubs 25th anniversary celebrations last Sunday despite the rainy conditions. There was a good representation of...
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BLACKHILL OR ROCKCORRY – IT COULD GO EITHER WAY
This Sunday sees the first of the Monaghan football club championship finals when Blackhill and Rockcorry play for the Universal Graphics sponsored Junior Championship title at O’Neill Park,...
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MONAGHAN’S CREDIT UNIONS RESPOND TO GLOBAL REFUGEE CRISIS
Credit unions in Co Monaghan have recently announced that they will support the needs of unaccompanied minors and families with children by providing them with food, water and first medical aid as they...
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GLASLOUGH CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF TIDY TOWNS
There was great excitement in the village of Glaslough on Saturday evening last as huge crowds came out to celebrate a special event which marked fifty years of Glaslough’s participation in the...
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SINGER-SONGWRITING LEGEND DON MCLEAN WOWS CROWD AT GLENCARN
THEM GOOD OLE BOYS! – Don McLean and his band delivered a great night’s early-70s nostalgia to a packed house at Castleblayney’s Glencarn Hotel on Monday night, where by all accounts there were some...
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CIVIC RECEPTION ARRANGED TO MARK… AN HISTORIC EU ‘SUMMIT’ IN
By PATSY McARDLE A CIVIC reception, of huge historic significance, is to be staged in Carrickmacross on Monday evening next, to mark the occasion of the first-ever EU “summit” being held in the South...
View ArticleMONAGHAN BIDS FOR BIG BUSINESS BOOST!
PETER HUGHES A number of potential strategies to boost trade in Monaghan Town and promote its retail attractions over a wider catchment area were unveiled at Monday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal...
View ArticleTALKING IT THROUGH
The vast majority of people in our circulation area will be watching the progress of the current crisis talks in the North of our country with keen interest and an anxious sense of hope that they will...
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