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SF MEP SEEKS PUBLIC ENQUIRY INTO CARRICK STUDENT’S HIT-AND-RUN DEATH
LOCAL Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has called for a full independent public inquiry into the handling by the Gardaí, the prosecution services and the courts of the events leading up to and following the...
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PUBLIC INVITED TO OPEN EVENING ON THE FUTURE OF POLICING IN IRELAND
By Veronica Corr An open evening, hosted by the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland, will take place on Tuesday, 16th January between 6pm and 8pm at Carrickmacross Civic Offices, Riverside...
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TREANOR CLAIMS ‘COUNTY OF SANCTUARY’ PLAN WILL BRING “UNDESIRABLES” TO...
BUT CHIEF EXECUTIVE ASSURES COUNCILLORS THERE IS NO DOWNSIDE TO PEACE IV PROJECT By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie INDEPENDENT Monaghan town-based county councillor Seamus Treanor’s...
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HUMPHREYS ARRANGES MEETING WITH MINISTER NAUGHTEN ON INTERCONNECTOR
COUNTY COUNCILLORS STAND UNITED ON UNDERGROUNDING Michael Fisher Minister Heather Humphreys is arranging a meeting between the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Denis...
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SF HOSPITAL MOTION SUPPORTED DESPITE “ARGY-BARGY” OVER GOVERNMENT HEALTHCARE...
McKENNA URGES COUNCILLORS TO “GROW UP” AND WORK TOGETHER By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie WHILE giving unanimous backing to a Sinn Féin motion calling for the restoration of oncall...
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BALLINODE’S HOLLY IS FIRST BABY OF THE YEAR IN CAVAN/MONAGHAN!
THE FIRST BABY of the year in Cavan General Hospital was the hail and hearty Holly! Weighing in at a healthy 8lbs 12oz, Baby Holly Smyth brought cheer and smiles all round with her arrival at 12:15pm...
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TYRONE ARE ALREADY SHOWING THEIR TEETH
This is only January and it’s timely to remind ourselves that highbrow analysis of recent Dr. McKenna Cup fare is about as useful as an iron glove on a surgeon. Over the last couple of weeks we’ve been...
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‘SHOCKING HEALTH SERVICE CRISIS’ HITS CO. MONAGHAN
By PATSY McARDLE A WORSENING crisis in the health service which, apart from many patients from all over Co. Monaghan being placed in trolleys, instead of hospital beds, in Cavan, and Drogheda, and an...
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SNOWBOUND
Some of the impact of the heavy snow on Monaghan life this week is reflected through the lens of Northern Standard photographer Rory Geary
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MONAGHAN TOWN VOUCHER SCHEME GIVES €2.1 MILLION BOOST TO LOCAL ECONOMY
Scheme had to date resulted in the retention of an estimated €2.1 million in spending in the local economy, the members of the Monaghan Municipal District were informed at their meeting last Monday....
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TOMMY CALLS TIME –
Rugby star announces this season will be his last famous contemporary sporting sons has announced his plans to retire. Rugby international Tommy Bowe said this week that this season will be his last as...
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10% RISE IN MONAGHAN HOUSE PRICES PREDICTED IN 2018
Property agents are predicting that average house prices in Co Monaghan will rise by 10% in the year ahead. Prices increased by 4.4% between September and December 2017, with the price of the average...
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MUNICIPAL DISTRICT BACKS CALLS FOR RELEASE OF REPORT INTO AIDAN MCANESPIE...
The members of the Monaghan Municipal District on Monday added their voices to the renewed chorus of appeals to the Irish Government to release a report into the killing at a Border checkpoint of young...
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PEACE PARTNERSHIP CHAIRPERSON COUNTERS “EXTREME STATEMENTS AND FALSE...
Monaghan Peace Partnership Board, Monaghan Co Council Director of Services Paul Clifford has responded to what he describes as “extreme statements and false allegations” made during a debate which took...
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HIGH COURT REJECTS APPEAL BY ANTI-PYLON CAMPAIGNERS OVER INTERCONNECTOR
EIRGRID WANTS TO MOVE TO NEXT STAGE OF PROJECT Michael Fisher EirGrid has welcomed two decisions by the High Court in Dublin that reaffirmed planning approval in the Republic for the controversial...
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MINISTER MORAN ALLOCATES €150,000 FOR FLOODING RELIEF DURING VISIT TO COUNTY
By Veronica Corr Minister of State at the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief, Independent Alliance TD Kevin Boxer Moran, embarked on a whistle-stop tour of County Monaghan on Thursday last and he...
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SNOW CAUSES TRANSPORT AND POWER PROBLEMS THROUGHOUT COUNTY
A Met Éireann Status Orange snow and ice warning remained in place for Co Monaghan until noon today, Thursday as local authority and emergency services continued to work to deal with the transport and...
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COUNCILLOR TREANOR HOLDS FAST TO STANCE ON COUNTY OF SANCTUARY PROJECT
“These are not extreme or false statements, these are facts,” stated Independent member of Monaghan Co Council Seamus Treanor this week in relation to the opposition he has voiced to the Monaghan –...
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MINISTER DALY GIVES COMMITMENT TO VISIT MONAGHAN HOSPITAL
Cavan/Monaghan Fianna Fáil Senator Robbie Gallagher told The Northern Standard yesterday that he had been given a commitment by Minister of State at the Dept of Health Jim Daly TD that he would visit...
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THE SEARCH FOR THE MONAGHAN ROSE 2018 BEGINS…
By Veronica Corr The 2018 Monaghan Rose Selection Launch, organised by the Monaghan Rose Centre, will take place tomorrow evening, Friday, January 26th, from 5.45pm in the Glencarn Hotel,...
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