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SHABRA CHARITY DONATES LIFE-SAVING DNA SEQUENCING MACHINE TO MATER HOSPITAL
By Veronica Corr The late horse trainer Oliver Brady’s legacy was fulfilled at the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital on Friday afternoon, when the Shabra Charity Foundation headed by Ms. Rita...
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CLONES MAN KILLED IN CORK MOTORCYCLING EVENT
THE FUNERAL of 41-year-old Clones man John Francis (Frank) Conlon took place today (Thursday) following his tragic death at motorcycling event in Cork on Sunday. The accident took place while Mr Conlon...
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT BREXIT REPRESENTATIVE VISITS CO. MONAGHAN
Michael Fisher “We must absolutely avoid a hard border”. That was the view of the European Parliament’s Brexit Co-ordinator Guy Verhofstadt MEP when he visited Belfast and County Monaghan yesterday. He...
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GOLDEN GLASLOUGH! – PICTURE PERFECT VILLAGE CELEBRATING ENTENTE FLORALE SUCCESS
The picture perfect village of Glaslough put Co Monaghan firmly on the European map at the weekend when they claimed a Gold Award in the Entente Florale competition. Nineteen representatives of the...
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NORTH MONAGHAN IN MOURNING AFTER TRAGIC WORKPLACE ACCIDENT
The entire North Monaghan community was plunged into mourning this week after the death of a well-known local man in a tragic workplace accident. Gary Askin, aged 28, of Cornacrieve, Emyvale died at...
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AIB BREXIT BREAKFAST BRIEFING
Paddy Whyte, AIB, speaking at the Amatino AIB Brexit Breakfast Briefing in The Hillgrove Hotel. ©Rory Geary/The Northern Standard [Show as slideshow]
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ULSTER BANK RETURNS TO LOCAL TOWNS AS ‘BANK ON WHEELS’
NEW ‘MOBILE’ SERVICE STARTED UP IN CAVAN/MONAGHAN THIS WEEK By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie ULSTER BANK “returned” to Cootehill on Tuesday last with its new ‘Your Bank on Wheels’...
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ULSTER BANK SLAMMED FOR MOBILE BANKING HOURS
By Veronica Corr At Monday’s meeting of Carrickmacross/Castleblayney Municipal District, Councillor Noel Keelan stated that he was very concerned about what would happen to the Ulster Bank building in...
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BALLYBAY PP TO BE NEW PRIOR OF LOUGH DERG
the national and internationally renowned pilgrimage shrine of Lough Derg in Co Donegal is to have a new Prior. As part of the Clogher diocesan changes announced this week by Diocesan Administrator...
View ArticleCARTHY’S CALL FOR COMMISSION OF INVESTIGATION INTO CYCLIST’S DEATH ON N2...
By Veronica Corr Councillor Colm Carthy asked Monday’s meeting of Carrickmacross/Castleblayney Municipal District to support his motion calling on the government to grant a Commission of Investigation...
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TWO HEAVY LORRIES INVOLVED IN N2 PILE-UP AT CASTLESHANE
A GARDA spokesperson has described it as a “miracle” that nobody was killed, or even seriously injured, following a six-vehicle pile-up that involved two articulated lorries on the main N2...
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SINN FÉIN LEADER EXTOLS CONTRIBUTION OF CAVAN/MONAGHAN TD AT CELEBRATION...
The very positive role played by Cavan/Monaghan tD Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin in building the strong Sinn Féin Oireachtas team was paid tribute to by party leader Gerry Adams at a celebration function last...
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EIRGRID SAYS THERE’S A SHIFT IN PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE FOR INTERCONNECTOR
“We’re not the big bad wolf” spokesperson says “Pure Propaganda” claim anti-pylon groups Michael Fisher There has been a shift in local support for the North South electricity interconnector, according...
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GARDAÍ ON N2 HAVE ISSUED 2,100 SPEEDING FINES THIS YEAR
By Veronica Corr “Two-thousand-one-hundred speeding tickets have been issued on the N2 since the beginning of the year, and that’s by the Gardaí, not Go Safe vans,” District Co-ordinator Gareth McMahon...
View ArticleMAN CHARGED FOLLOWING DEATH OF WOMEN IN COLLISION ON MONAGHAN/BALLYBAY ROAD
A WOMAN of eastern European nationality lost her life following a collision last Saturday evening between the car in which she was a front-seat passenger and a jeep-type vehicle that was coming in the...
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COMBILIFT EXTENDS ITS MARKET IN SINGAPORE
Combilift, the Monaghan-based manufacturer of multidirectional forklifts has signed a contract with Paves Asia Pacific PTE Ltd to launch its ‘straddle carrier’ product in Asia. Launched in 2010, the...
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CARRICKMACROSS RULE
Carrickmacross 3-12 Aughnamullen 1-08 JOHN GRAHAM A more clinical Carrickmacross secured promotion back to senior ranks at the first time of asking when they proved that little bit too adept in most...
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SCOTSTOWN BID FOR THREE IN A ROW
Colm Shalvey reports Sunday’s Greenfield Foods Senior Football Championship Final pits three-in-a-row chasers Scotstown against challengers Magheracloone. Scotstown are bidding to win a third straight...
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STRANOODEN’S SHARON IS IRELAND’S STRONGEST WOMAN
Sharon Williamson from Lisnavein, Stranooden is officially Ireland’s strongest woman in the 82kg category. Sharon, who works at Coral Leisure Complex in Monaghan Town, took part in a national contest...
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BORDER COUNTIES SHOULD UNITE TO SEEK BREXIT ROADS FUNDING – COUNCILLOR O’HANLON
Carrickmacross-based Fianna Fáil local public representative P J O’Hanlon wants Co Monaghan to join with the other southern Border counties in a united bid for additional roads funding as a measure to...
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