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BARRY’S OLD BATTLEGROUND BACK IN ACTION!
It was standing room only when ‘Clones Cyclone’ Barry McGuigan paid a visit to Connons Community Centre on Tuesday evening to officially relaunch Wattlebridge Boxing Club. Barry has strong links to the...
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HAT—TRICK FOR YOUNG CARRICK AUTHOR!
By Veronica Corr Lorna Lewis is a great author’s name, but this self-published writer from Carrickmacross, who has just released her third children’s book has got her heart set on a career in graphic...
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STRONG OBJECTIONS TO OVERHEAD NORTH/SOUTH ELECTRICITY LINK
Michael Fisher Concerns have been expressed at a public meeting in County Meath that opposition to Eirgrid’s proposed North/South Interconnector project could escalate to the scale of resistance...
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‘HIGH FIVE’ SCULPTURE ENCOMPASSES CLONES PEACE LINK ETHOS
By Cianna McNally A sculpture that was commissioned to represent the ethos of the Clones Erne East Sports Partnership was officially unveiled this week. The art piece, entitled ‘High Five,’ stands at...
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BALLYBAY WOMAN WINS SCHOOL LIBRARIAN OF THE YEAR AWARD
Ballybay woman Annie Brady has been chosen as this year’s winner of the prestigious School Librarian of the Year Award. Ms Brady, who originally hails from the Tullycorbet area, was announced as the...
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THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER …
Northern Standard photographer Rory Geary was on hand to capture this impressive study of athlete Leslie Crawford, who completed his 100th marathon last weekend in the first official Athletics...
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MONAGHAN CHEF’S GLASGOW RESTAURANT NAMED BEST IN SCOTLAND! ‘THE GANNET’ WINS...
By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie MONDAY NIGHT LAST will be remembered as a major milestone in the career-path of Monaghan Town native and acclaimed chef Peter McKenna, after the...
View ArticleBROADBAND FOR ALL? – NEW GOVERNMENT INITIATIVE AIMS TO ADDRESS DEFICIT IN...
PETER HUGHES Details of a new government initiative with the ambitious objective of substantially addressing the deficit in high-speed broadband availability in rural locations in Co Monaghan and...
View ArticleS.F. COUNCILLOR SEEKS “TASK FORCE” TO ADVANCE ULSTER CANAL PROJECT
PETER HUGHES “There could be some move afoot to scupper the proposal,” stated Sinn Féin’s Pat Treanor at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council in relation to the restoration of the Ulster Canal. Colr...
View ArticleCARRICK AND CLONES LACE GET SPECIAL EU STATUS
Mairead McGuinness MEP and Vice-President of the European Parliament has supported a European Parliament resolution that would see special Irish products, including Cavan Crystal, Carrickmacross and...
View ArticleBROADBAND FOR ALL?
A presentation to Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council by a Dept of Communications representative that conjured up a vision of a nation wrapped in an all-encompassing comfort blanket of cutting-edge...
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MONAGHAN PHOENIX MARATHON FESTIVAL
Monaghan welcomed hundreds of visitors over the weekend as marathon runners from all over Ireland and the UK gathered to take part in the Monaghan Phoenix marathon festival. On Saturday 75 athletes...
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BUDGET 2016 IS “A FAIR BUDGET FOR MOST”
Amatino Accountants and Business Advisors held their annual Budget Breakfast Briefing on Wednesday October 14th in the Nuremore Hotel, Carrickmacross. Attended by their clients from across the north...
View ArticleDEPT OFFICES WILL REMAIN IN BALLYBAY – DEPUTY CONLAN
Ballybay is to retain its Dept of Social Protection office “for the foreseeable future”, Fine Gael TD for Cavan/Monaghan Sean Conlan has stated. Indications that the office and the jobs attached to it...
View ArticleMONAGHAN WORKSHOPS TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE
By PATSY McARDLE THE VOLUNTARY Monaghan-based enterprising body, U3A (Monaghan University of the Third Age) which is affiliated to the charity, Age Action Ireland, and was set up in the North Monaghan...
View Article€1.49 MILLION RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT IN BALLYBAY
BY VERONICA CORR The Northern Standard has learned that €1.49 million is to be invested in a wind turbine project in the Ballybay area. Work will begin at the Old Mill in November and is envisaged to...
View ArticleSAMARITANS SEEK MONAGHAN VOLUNTEERS
PETER HUGHES No one from the Monaghan area is currently working in a volunteer capacity with the Samaritans organisation, its North East Director disclosed at a major mental health conference in...
View ArticleA ‘GIVE US A BREAK’ BUDGET!
As election-accented Budgets go, the income and expenditure package delivered to the Dáil on Tuesday by Minister for Finance Michael Noonan and Minister for Public Expenditure Brendan Howlin was...
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BALLYBAY STUDENTS LAUNCH 1916 CENTENARY PROJECT FOR SCHOOLS
Michael Fisher Students from Ballybay Community College have helped to launch a nationwide programme for schools to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising in 1916. The Minister for Arts, Heritage and...
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