Articles in the General News Category

The death at the age of 78 last week of iconic British pop and rock music performer and actress Marianne Faithfull stirred local memories of her once famous romantic association with Monaghan’s Lord Rossmore. The singer became an icon of 1960s and 1970s British culture and courted notoriety through her relationship with Mick Jagger and association with his band The Rolling Stones. However, Monaghan’s Lord Paddy Rossmore emerged as a rival to Jagger for Faithfull’s affections and the couple were engaged in 1979, generating a storm of tabloid media attention. ...

The work being done by Monaghan Co Council to mitigate the aftermath of deprivation and disruption visited upon the county by Storm Eowyn was commended by Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage James Browne TD when he visited Monaghan Town on Tuesday evening. Minister Browne met with Co Council Chief Executive Robert Burns and Directors of Service Cathal Flynn and Gareth McMahon at the Monaghan Peace Campus, where a community assistance hub offering hot food, communication access, practical assistance and advice to people still without basic essentials of living ...

By Veronica Corr Tánaiste Simon Harris visited Monaghan Civil Defence HQ on Tuesday evening of this week to find out more about what the voluntary organisation were doing in the wake of Storm Éowyn. The Tánaiste, who was visiting in his capacity as Minister for Defence, spoke briefly to The Northern Standard about his visit to the county. The Government Minister, who also holds the portfolio for Foreign Affairs, said that he had just come from Belfast, where he had been meeting political parties based in Northern Ireland. “I was ...

“His music transcended generations, creating memories that will ever be cherished. ” The death of renowned saxophonist and showband frontman Paddy Cole at St Vincent’s Private Hospital in Dublin last Wednesday sounded a poignant last note of sadness that resonated most mournfully in the streets and homes of his native Castleblayney. “The loss of Paddy Cole is the loss of one of the founding icons of the great period of the Irish showbands, ” said President Michael D Higgins. “Paddy was an exceptional music talent, a gifted performer, a warm-spirited ...

Much sadness has been evoked in Monaghan by the news of the passing of distinguished Senior Counsel Patrick MacEntee at the age of 89. Mr MacEntee was involved in some of the most significant and high profile criminal trials in recent Irish legal history and was also the author of one of the most important reports into the 1974 bomb – ings in Dublin and Monaghan Town. Born in Monaghan in 1936, Mr MacEntee attended UCD and completed his legal studies at King’s Inns. After initially practising on the Northern ...

€395,000 in strategic funding has been allocated by the Arts Council to the Tyrone Guthrie Centre artists’ retreat at Annaghmakerrig House in Newbliss. Arts centre funding of €66,000 is also being provided by the Arts Council to Mon – aghan Town’s Garage Theatre. Nationwide, €68.5 million is being allocated by the Arts Council to 175 organisations, centres and studios in the first round of its 2025 funding. A media release stated: These grants will support arts organisations and centres to support and develop the arts nationwide.   A total of ...

Warm memories of one of Monaghan Town’s leading businesswomen of the 1970s and 1980s were being shared across a wide area of the county this week after the passing on Friday, January 10 last of Anne Driver of Limegrove, Kilnacloy. Mrs Driver was a leading business figure in the town and a driving force behind the success of the Westenra Arms Hotel and subsequently the Lakeside Hotel, which she owned and managed in part – nership with her husband Peter. Under her astute steward – ship, the “West” became a ...

Castleblayney College was bursting with pride this week as it celebrated the outstanding success of students in the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. Transition Year twins Caoimhe and Hannah Quinn were awarded the prestigious Amgen Gold Partner Award with their project ‘Shading the Future – Analysing the Cellu- lar and Genetic Responses of Cellulose and DNA to Ultravi- olet Light’ . Second Year students Aoib- hín McDonald, Rhiannon McMahon and Zyon Muringayi received a Highly Commended award for their project ‘Bird Flu – Should we be worried or wing ...

MAITIU MONAGHAN Currin GFC, the oldest and smallest GAA club in County Monaghan, are hosting a Strictly Come Dancing fundraising event on 2nd February at the Hillgrove Hotel, Monaghan. This highly anticipated event is not just about an evening of entertainment, it represents a key step towards the future of the club. The funds raised during the event will contribute to the development of essential club facilities, including a new pitch, a gym, and a walking track. These new spaces will serve as vital resources for everyone in the community. Currin ...

Monaghan Co Council has initiated a process of information gathering in relation to the new business park to be developed in the Annahagh area of Monaghan Town, Monday’s meeting of the local authority heard. Chief Executive Rob ert Burns told the meeting that the Council had started to see expressions of interest in relation to the Annahagh lands and this process would remain open until February 14. “We are trying to understand what the demand is for enterprise lands within the town,” Mr Burns stated. “Our vision is for a ...