MONAGHAN ROSE PAMELA ALLEN REFLECTS ON HER JOURNEY THUS FAR
From the moment I was chosen as Monaghan Rose on the 14th May time has flown by. I cannot believe there is only one more sleep before I begin my Rose Tour in Dublin on Friday, 12th August with my rose...
View ArticleMONAGHAN PASTORAL CENTRE PLAYS HOST TO TRADITIONAL MUSLIM WEDDING
A unique and celebratory occasion took place in the St Joseph’s Pastoral Centre in Monaghan Town on Tuesday last when local businessman Raju Hasan and his bride Fateha Khatun celebrated their wedding...
View ArticleANGLING CLUBS WARN THEY MAY CLOSE IF FISH PRODUCTION STOPS
By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie TROUT FISHING CLUBS in Monaghan and Cavan are up in arms about proposals by Inland Fisheries Ireland to stop its fish farm production of freshwater...
View ArticleGARDAI URGE ALERT BY HOUSEHOLDERS AS HUNT CONTINUES FOR ‘GARDEN SNATCH” GANG
By PATSY McARDLE GARDAI the Cavan/Monaghan Division are on the alert for a “garden snatch’ gang which has stolen lawn-mowers and other gardening equipment from several premises in the region....
View ArticleMTR MONAGHAN 10 & 5 MILER ROAD RACE IS ON THIS SUNDAY!
The Monaghan 10 & 5 mile road race will be taking place this Sunday, 14th August at 12.30. This is the 6th year of this prestigious event and following last year’s success it is fast becoming part...
View ArticleNEW €380,000 FUND TO HELP REVITALISE MONAGHAN TOWNS AND VILLAGES
Minister Humphreys Urges Local Communities to Apply Michael Fisher The government aims to publish a new Action Plan for Rural Ireland by the end of this year. This was revealed during a visit to Clones...
View Article168 .IE DOMAINS REGISTERED IN MONAGHAN IN FIRST HALF OF 2016
168 .ie domains were registered in Monaghan in the first half of 2016 (1 January—30 June), according to the latest dot ie Domain Profile Report, published by the IE Domain Registry (IEDR), the company...
View ArticleDELEGATION FROM AUSTRIAN EMBASSY VISITS MONAGHAN ON RENEWABLE ENERGY...
By Veronica Corr Last week a team from Advantage Austria, the commercial section of the Austrian Embassy, visited the county to carry out a number of site visits and find out more about renewable...
View ArticleA CO. MONAGHAN FAMILY PHENOMENON AS GIRLS ARE WORLD CHAMPIONS FOR FIVE YEARS...
By PATSY McARDLE A COUNTY Monaghan family has achieved a unique phenomenal record by claiming the World Line Dance Championship for— FIVE YEARS IN A ROW ! The Courtney sisters, from Corravoo, near...
View ArticleFLOODING IN DROMORE AND ERNE RIVER SYSTEMS RAISED IN DÁIL
Cavan/Monaghan Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Smith has tabled further Parliamentary Questions in Dáil Éireann regarding flooding in the Dromore River catchment area and also in the River Erne catchment area....
View ArticlePRAISE FOR MONAGHAN ROSE, HONOUR FOR MONAGHAN ESCORT IN TRALEE
Congratulations have been flowing in for the Monaghan entrant in the 2016 Rose of Tralee contest, Pamela Allen, following her accomplished performance on the stage of The Festival Dome in the Co Kerry...
View ArticleSUCCESS TASTES SWEET AT TYDAVNET SHOW!
Little Ella Hackett, a Bonny Baby winner at Saturday’s Tydavnet Show, enthusiastically samples the sweet taste of success as mum Nicola (a Tydavnet Bonny Baby herself thirty years ago) looks on. © Rory...
View ArticleMONAGHAN MAKES TOP TEN IN “FOODIE DESTINATIONS” 2016 COMPETITION
Monaghan has been announced as one of the Top Ten in the 2016 “Foodie Destinations” finalists in a competition run by the Restaurants Association of Ireland. The recently formed Co Monaghan Food...
View ArticlePUBLIC URGED TO SUPPORT NEW CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT FARM-RELATED CRIME
The support of the rural population of Co Monaghan is being enlisted in a new campaign to combat the problem of farm-related crime. The IFA, Crimestoppers, the Gardaí and DoneDeal have joined forces to...
View ArticleCHAMPIONSHIP TITLE RACE HOTTING UP
Ballybay and Magheracloone claimed the first two semi-final places in the Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship with wins over Truagh and Latton respectively in Clontibret on Sunday evening. by...
View ArticleDEFENDING CHAMPS BACK ON TRACK
Scotstown 0-18 Carrickmacross 0-12 Scotstown’s aspirations of retaining the Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship are back on track following this 6 points victory over Carrickmacross in a...
View ArticleDAMIEN MCGRANE SHOOTS NEW COURSE RECORD
ROSSMORE GOLF CLUB CENTENARY PRO-AM A day when the sun split the stones, the bonhomie stole the show and Damien McGrane beat the course record. The visionaries who established Rossmore Golf Club 100...
View ArticleONE MAN, ONE BIKE, ONE ADVENTURE – CLONTIBRET’S DEAN KEEPS ON PEDALLING!
Clontibret man Dean McMenamin is continuing his remarkable worldwide cycle for charity, an odyssey that has taken him through Australia and India and now finds the intrepid traveller and his trusty...
View ArticleHARVEST TIME BLUES FESTIVAL IS 21 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR, GREAT MUSIC IS THE...
Artists and Acts from east to west of north America, Europe and Ireland are well represented in this year’s line-up who are converging on Monaghan Town this weekend, to celebrate the joy of the music....
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