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VOLUNTEER MAE IN RUNNING FOR NATIONAL AWARD
Local interest in the outcome of the 2017 Volunteer Ireland Awards, to be announced on December 1 next, will be intense as Mae Murphy from Corcaghan has made it on to the national shortlist. In all 30...
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“WE WERE IN IT TO WIN IT!”
Cootehill scoops prestigious BOI Enterprising Towns award By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie COOTEHILL had made it clear from the word go that it wasn’t taking up the challenge just to...
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EU BREXIT NEGOTIATORS PRESS UK ON BORDER ISSUE…
AS MPS VISIT BORDER CONSTITUENCY TO HEAR THE PROBLEMS Michael Fisher The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has told the UK to come up with a solution for the Irish border....
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CONTROVERSY AS BOULDERS PUT IN PLACE TO STOP ANGLING BOATS AT LAKE DRUMLONA
By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie A CONTROVERSY that has been brewing in recent months and weeks over rights of access for angling on Drumlona Lough and an adjacent stretch of the...
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CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH-ON AND FREE PARKING WILL BOOST MONAGHAN FESTIVE...
This Sunday’s official switch-on of the Christmas lights in Monaghan Town, and the introduction of free afternoon car-parking in the county town from December 10 until January 2, were hailed as...
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SCIENCE FESTIVAL FUNDAY
Winners of the Lego competition 8+ category at the presentation were (L-R) Conal Sheerin, 3rd, Deirdre McQuaid, Science Week coordinator, Darragh & Conor McMeel, winners. ©Rory Geary/The Northern...
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TRIBUTES TO ONE OF THE GAA’S MOST COLOURFUL SONS
LIAM STIRRAT (1949-2017) LIAM STIRRAT was just 68 years old when he passed to his eternal reward suddenly and unexpectedly at his home in Scotstown on the morning of Tuesday, November 21st, and news of...
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BALLYBAY KO THEIR GREAT CLUB RIVAL
FINLAY AND HIS TEAM-MATES HIT ALL THE RIGHT NOTES TO BANISH CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHTMARE By PATRICK SMYTH Revenge, they say, is a dish best served cold. Last weekend, on a bleak, cold November afternoon,...
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HERE’S TO YOU, MRS ROBINSON!
COOTEHILL LADY NAMED CARER OF THE YEAR 2017 By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie WHILE CARING for her elderly parents is a labour of love for Paula Robinson, she admits it was a great...
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MONAGHAN WINS ON THE DOUBLE IN FOOD AND DRINK AWARDS!
Monaghan-based Silver Hill Foods and Monaghan Mushrooms both received top industry honours at Bord Bia’s Food and Drink Industry Awards in the RDS, Dublin yesterday. The biennial awards celebrate...
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SEANAD DEBATES HISTORIC GROUND RENTS AMENDMENT
Senator Robbie Gallagher (centre), introduced an Amendment to the 1978 Landlord and Tenant Act (number 2) on Wednesday. Pictured on the plinth of Dail Eireann are, back row L-R Jim Hand (tenant) Pat...
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BORDER ISSUE COMES TO THE FORE AS PREPARATIONS FOR BREXIT NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE
Michael Fisher As a crucial summit of EU leaders to consider the Brexit issue approaches in a fortnight’s time, a local MEP has said the government must oppose any movement in Brexit talks until the...
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HEATHER IN THE FRAME FOR TÁNAISTE ROLE
Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD Heather Humphreys is being mentioned as a possible replacement for the ill-fated Frances Fitzgerald in the key Government role of Tánaiste following a turbulent Irish...
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LOCAL GROUPS WILL LEARN PRIDE OF PLACE FATE ON SATURDAY
Co Monaghan’s three nominees for the prestigious Pride of Place Awards will learn how they have fared in the national competition this Saturday, December 2 when the results are announced at a ceremony...
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MONAGHAN CO COUNCIL NAMED LOCAL AUTHORITY OF THE YEAR
Monaghan Co Council was named Local Authority of the Year for 2017 at the Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Awards announced on Thursday, November 23 last. The 14th annual awards ceremony...
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RAIN ONLY GAVE EXTRA SHEEN TO MONAGHAN CHRISTMAS LIGHTS SWITCH-ON!
The fickle fates that govern the Irish weather might not have favoured Sunday’s big switch-on of the festive illuminations in Monaghan Town, but the event had a powerful antidote in its favour in the...
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THE LAURALYNN CHRISTMAS APPEAL: GIVING THE GIFT OF TIME
LauraLynn, Ireland’s Children’s Hospice, is calling on the Co Monaghan public to donate to its Christmas Appeal this year and help give LauraLynn families across the country the precious gift of time...
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BREXIT TALKS CONTROVERSY – CARTHY ACCUSES DUP OF “RECKLESS AND IRRESPONSIBLE...
Monday’s dashed expectation of an immediate and positive outcome to Brexit negotiations in Brussels, after British Prime Minister Theresa May apparently bowed to pressure from the North’s Democratic...
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BAIL REFUSED FOR SYRIAN NATIONAL WHO ALLEGEDLY ASSAULTED BUS DRIVER
DEFENDANT CLAIMS HE WAS ATTACKED BY GROUP OF BIKERS A MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY seriously assaulted a bus driver at a filling station in Monaghan last Sunday warned a judge that “God will punish you” as he was...
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MINISTER MUST ENSURE GROUP WATER SCHEMES ARE NOT LEFT BEHIND – BRENDAN SMITH TD
Monaghan Brendan Smith has called on the Minister for Housing, Planning & Local Government Eoghan Murphy TD to ensure that a fair system is put in place for people on group water schemes to ensure...
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