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By Michael Fisher THIS WAS a wonderful day for Monaghan, according to the Taoiseach, putting the county back on top. Speaking to the Northern Standard after a major jobs announcement by Combilift and the official opening of the Monaghan Education Campus, Enda Kenny TD praised what was going on in both locations and said the impact of the two developments would be phenomenal. It was all about the future, he said. He said the mix of sport, learning, community and culture at the Education Campus would yield benefits not only for the ...

By MICHAEL McDONNELL michael@northern-standard.ie LAST FRIDAY marked another red-letter day for Monaghan’s cutting edge forklift manufacturer Combilift, when Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD visited its headquarters to announce plans for the creation of 200 new jobs at the company and the development of a new €40 million plant adjacent to the Monaghan bypass. The jobs are expected to be created over the next five years, with a high percentage of the posts being for skilled personnel such as technicians and design engineers, as ...

By PATSY McARDLE THE announcement on Monday last by Lakeland Dairies of a €36 million expansion of milk powder processing operations at their Bailieboro plant is seen as a huge boost for the dairying sector and for the future general economy of the Cavan-Monaghan region. THE creation of 81 new jobs, plus 180 construction jobs,   was announced as part of the Lakeland Dairies’ investment,   supported by the Department of Jobs, through Enterprise Ireland. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, made the formal announcement on Monday that Lakeland Dairies Co-operative ...

Monaghan is back in its rightful place of leadership with the opening of a new Education Campus and the jobs announcement by Combilift, according to An Taoiseach Enda Kenny T.D. Mr Kenny was speaking during the official opening of the €45 million Education Campus on the site of the former military barracks on the Armagh Road. It opened in 2013 when Gaelscoil Ultain, Colaiste Oiriall and Monaghan Institute moved in to brand new premises, sharing sports facilities and access to the new Garage Theatre. Mr Kenny told the 300 guests this ...

Preliminary consideration of the planning of events in Co Monaghan to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1916 rising formed a subject of discussion at the February meeting of Monaghan Co Council. Debate was engendered by correspondence to the local authority from Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD Heather Humphreys in her capacity as Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Deputy Humphreys stated: “I am writing to you in relation to Ireland 2016, a major national initiative to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1916 Rising, when we will reflect on our past, ...

By Patsy McArdle THE popular Shercock-based Celtic Pure water has been short-listed as a finalist in the forthcoming Small Firms Association awards. The Corcreagh-based bottlers of the finest natural spring water, have been named as a finalist for the awards in the manufacturing category, sponsored by competitive energy provider Energia. The announcement was made at the SFA Awards Showcase in Dublin Castle last week. The awards will be presented by Awards Patron, An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, TD, to all category winners and the Overall Winner at a Gala Event in March 2015. Daniel Wolverson ...

A letter protesting the downgrading of services at Monaghan General Hospital was handed to Taoiseach Enda Kenny during his visit to Monaghan last Friday by Sinn Fein member of Monaghan Co Council Sean Conlon. Colr Conlon, who is Cathaoirleach of the Monaghan Municipal District and Chairman of the Board of Management of the Garage Theatre, met Mr Kenny when he was present to perform the official opening of the Monaghan Education Campus facility at Knockaconny. The SF representative briefly discussed the hospital issue with the Taoiseach in what appeared a decidedly cordial, ...

Monaghan fell to a first Allianz National Football League home defeat since 2011 last Sunday, but only after a thriller against Cork in St. Mary’s Park, Castleblayney. by COLM SHALVEY The return of National League action to St. Mary’s Park in the mid-Monaghan town created a lively atmosphere, but the huge local majority in the crowd of over 5,000 couldn’t get their team over the line. Monaghan’s 11-match winning run in home National League games fell by the wayside, but a lesser-known statistic – Cork’s 100% record in February under Brian ...

By Kevin Carney It may be the calm before the storm in terms of this year’s season but the county board’s new ladies PRO is enjoying the relatively slow pace of things right now to settle into the job. Carrick Emmets clubman Ciaran Ward is hardly a ‘wet week’ into the post but he’s confident that he has the tools in his locker to consolidate the good work of previous PROs. “Taking on the job of succeeding Mary Grimes as county PRO wasn’t something that I shied away from after being asked because ...

Cork 2-14 Monaghan 1-16 By JOHN GRAHAM IT was bitterly disappointing for Monaghan as Cork plundered both league points with a point in the final minute of normal time from top scorer Colm O’Neill to give them what at times throughout this contest had looked an unlikely victory at St Mary’s Park, Castleblayney, last Sunday. Monaghan were certainly worth a share of the spoils in this high scoring and at times highly exciting contest that produced 33 scores with Cork playing catch up for most of the 70 odd minutes. They did take the ...