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CO COUNCIL TO GRILL OIREACHTAS MEMBERS ON INTERCONNECTOR ISSUE
Oireachtas members from the Cavan/Monaghan constituency will be asked by the members of Monaghan Co Council on Monday next what they are doing to ensure that EirGrid’s controversial north-south...
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COMBILIFT MD HOPES CROSS-BORDER MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE WILL NOT BE CURTAILED BY...
Michael Fisher The Managing Director of one of Monaghan’s biggest employers, Combilift, has said he hopes the free movement of people across the border with Northern Ireland will remain following the...
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240 HOURS’ COMMUNITY SERVICE FOR MAN WHO DROWNED PUPPY
“Your client is lucky not to be going to jail,” Judge Denis McLoughlin told a solicitor at Monaghan District Court on Monday in relation to a case where a puppy was drowned in a bucket of water. Joe...
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150 YEARS OF THE SCHOOL ON THE HILL
Pictured by our photographer Rory Geary are Christian Brother Fred Fox, Francis Meehan and Bishop Emeritus of Clogher Liam MacDaid, who were among the several hundred strong attendance in the Hillgrove...
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SUPERINTENDENT CONFIRMS HUMAN REMAINS FOUND IN CARRICK’S LOUGH NA GLACK
By Veronica Corr Garda Superintendent Alan Cunningham confirmed to The Northern Standard on Saturday afternoon that last week’s search for human remains in a lake in Carrickmacross reaped some positive...
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RATES REVALUATION TO BENEFIT MANY MONAGHAN BUSINESSES
Many Co Monaghan businesses and commercial enterprises paying rates to Monaghan Co Council could see a reduced levy imposed on them following a revaluation scheduled to commence in September and take...
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MCPHILLIPS RESIGNATION PROMPTS CALLS FOR IMPROVED SUPPORTS FOR LOCAL COUNCILLORS
Fine Gael local public representative Ciara McPhillips tendered her resignation as a member of Monaghan Co Council on Monday, stating that she could not continue in her political role because of time...
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BLUE PLAQUE FOR ARCHBISHOP HUGHES
Ulster History Circle Ceremony on Saturday Michael Fisher The Primate of all-Ireland and Archbishop of Armagh Dr Eamon Martin will attend a ceremony near Augher, Co. Tyrone, on Saturday morning to mark...
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“CONNECTING FOR LIFE” INITIATIVE IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO SUICIDE PREVENTION...
The new “Connecting for Life” suicide prevention action planned launched by Minister of State Helen McEntee this week had the potential to make a very important contribution to what was a growing area...
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YOUTH ESCAPES FROM CUSTODY AND IS RE-ARRESTED — EXACTLY A YEAR AFTER BEING...
A 17-YEAR-OLD youth who escaped from gardai and prison officers while attending last Monday’s sittings of Monaghan District Court was apprehended in the St Davnet’s grounds/Rooskey Vale area of...
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IMPORTANT WORK OF INSPIRE IN COUNTY MONAGHAN HIGHLIGHTED BY DEPUTY SMITH
The increasing importance of the work carried out by the charity and social enterprise Inspire in Co Monaghan and other Border counties as the impact of Brexit began to be felt was this week emphasised...
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HUGHIE CONGRATULATED ON 43 YEARS OF SERVICE!
By Cianna McNally Independent Councillor Hugh McElvaney was congratulated on serving 43 years as a public representative at the June meeting of Ballybay-Clones Municipal District, which took place on...
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RENEWED APPEAL FOR INFORMATION ON CLONTIBRET ‘HIT AND RUN’ DEATH
TRAGIC DEATH OF FINTAN TRAYNOR (20) RECALLED SIX YEARS ON GARDAI have made a fresh appeal to the public for information regarding the tragic death of a 20-year-old man in a ‘hit and run’ incident in...
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29,380 IN COUNTY MONAGHAN LABOUR FORCE
The latest information released from the findings of Census 2016 has disclosed that there are 29,380 in the labour force in Co Monaghan. This is an increase of 393 or 1.4% on the findings of the 2011...
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ROSSMORE PARK FIRE THREAT!
- Indiscriminate lighting of fires could devastate major Monaghan Town amenity warns Councillor Treanor Rossmore Forest Park outside Monaghan Town were warned this week that they ran the risk of...
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NEW CO COUNCIL CATHAOIRLEACH ISSUES BREXIT INVITATION TO FOREIGN AFFAIRS...
Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney needs to be aware of the impact Brexit will have on Border communities,” stated the new Cathaoirleach of Monaghan Co Council, Sinn Féin’s Cathy Bennett on...
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“NEW STUDY WILL ADDRESS PRIMARY CONCERNS,” MINISTER HUMPHREYS TELLS...
Minister for Communications Denis Naughten TD was this week due to announce details of a second study of EirGrid’s north-south electricity interconnector project which would address some of the primary...
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MONAGHAN COUNTY PLAYERS UNHURT AFTER COLLISION EN ROUTE TO DOWN GAME
Four members of the Monaghan senior football panel escaped without injury after a vehicle they were travelling in was involved in a collision while they were en route to Saturday’s ulster Championship...
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CO MONAGHAN COUPLE INJURED IN FERMANAGH COLLISION
A husband and wife from Co Monaghan were hospitalised after the vintage car in which they were travelling was involved in a collision on the loughshore Road near Blaney, Co Fermanagh on Sunday...
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MONAGHAN SCHOOLS GET SCIENCE FOUNDATION IRELAND RECOGNITION
Seven primary schools across Co Monaghan have received awards recognising their work in the ‘SteM’ subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics over the 2016/17 school year. The schools...
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