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COUNTY’S BROADBAND NEEDS MIGHT NOT BE MET UNTIL 2025, CO COUNCIL TOLD
“Current resources suggest that the National Broadband Plan will not complete in Co Monaghan until the third quarter of 2025,” Shane Campbell, Chief Executive of ICBAN or the Irish Central Border Areas...
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CO MONAGHAN TRANSPORT FIRM WINS NATIONAL AWARD
Matthews Coach Hire Ltd or Matthews.ie of Callenberg, Cornagarvogue, Inniskeen have been announced as winners of the Green Transport of the Year 2017 Award. The coach company emerged winners after...
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MINISTER HUMPHREYS LAUNCHES TRÚ IRISH PROJECT AND WEBSITE
By Veronica Corr Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys TD officiated the launch of the Trú Irish brand and website at Blackwater Valley Learning Centre, Emyvale on Monday....
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EIRGRID RESPONSE TO LANDOWNERS SIDESTEPS ISSUE OF PUBLIC ACCEPTABILITY OF...
LANDOWNERS TO MEET ON MONDAY EirGrid have said the need for the proposed North South electricity interconnector has not diminished in any way since they received planning permission from An Bord...
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FODDER CRISIS LOOMING?
Fears that farmers in Co Monaghan could be facing a severe shortage of feed for their livestock in the early months of next year were voiced at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. Unfavourable...
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KIERAN MCAREE DUATHLON
The athletes taking part in the Kieran McAree Duathlon starting the race last Sunday in Glaslough. ©Rory Geary/The Northern Standard [Show as slideshow] 12►
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DOUBLE JOY FOR CARRICKMACROSS AND CURRIN
Carrickmacross and Currin both completed doubles in last w e e k e n d ’ s league finals. For Carrickmacross, it was their second Intermediate double of this decade and their third since 2006 and it...
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NEW JETTY “LAUNCHED” ANNEY LOUGH
intrepid kayakers from Tanagh Outdoor Centre at the official opening of the new jetty and carpark at Mullanary (Anney) Lough on Monday morning. On the floating pontoon platform are, from left, Cllr...
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EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR CASTLE LESLIE
The Condé Nast Johansens 36th annual awards for excellence were held on Tuesday 7th November 2017 at The May Fair Hotel in London. Hundreds of top hotel industry professionals were in attendance and...
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HISTORIC DISCOVERY AS MONAGHAN OLYMPIC HERO’S MEDALS UNEARTHED IN LONDON
By PATSY McARDLE AN AMAZING historic discovery has been made in London by a Castleblayney man in the unearthing of four prized medals won by a famous Co. Monaghan man almost 110 years ago, including a...
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RENTS RISE 9.8% IN MONAGHAN
Rents rose nationwide by an average of 11.2% in the year to September 2017, according to the latest quarterly Rental Price Report by Daft.ie. The average monthly rent nationwide during the third...
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“STICK TOGETHER AND WE WON’T BE BROKEN”
ANTI-PYLON CAMPAIGNERS VOW TO RESIST EIRGRID PYLON PLANS ‘TO THE LAST DEGREE’ Michael Fisher Landowners opposed to EirGrid’s plans to put 400 pylons and overhead lines across five counties including...
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NEW DISABILITIES-FRIENDLY PLAYGROUND THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN MONAGHAN
OTHERS IN COUNTY WILL ALSO FOLLOW THE ‘INTEGRATED’ APPROACH, OFFICIAL OPENING EVENT TOLD By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie THERE are many areas across the country that can take their...
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TAOISEACH SAYS NO RETURN TO THE BORDER ON THE ISLAND
FREE MOVEMENT OF PEOPLE AND GOODS NEEDS PROTECTION Michael Fisher The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar T.D. has told communities living along the border that there can’t and there will not be ‘a return to the...
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SUDDEN DEATH OF LEADING CO MONAGHAN GAA FIGURE
Co Monaghan Gaeldom is in mourning following the news of the sudden death on Tuesday, November 21 of Mr liam Stirrat, Scotstown, former Chairman of the Monaghan Co Board of the GAA. Mr Stirrat served...
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ANTI PYLON CAMPAIGNERS SAY EXPERT STUDY GROUP ON INTERCONNECTOR IS A ‘CHARADE’
Michael Fisher Campaigners against EirGrid’s plans for the North South electricity interconnector have described as a “charade” an invitation to meet members of an Independent Expert Group set up by...
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• MAJOR PLAN FOR COMMUNITY CARE AS… CO. MONAGHAN WILL BE IN NEW ‘HEALTH-CARE...
BY PATSY McARDLE COUNTIES Monaghan and Cavan are to be included in an important new health-care hub which is being promoted by the HSE to boost community health and well-being through the utilising of...
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COOTEHILL HIT HARD BY RURAL CRIME WAVE
– Deputy Smyth says spike in burglaries has followed Garda Station downgrading Eighteen homes and businesses within an eight-mile radius of Cootehill have been the target of burglaries in recent weeks,...
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