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History suggests another humdinger KEVIN ÓG CARNEY COMMENTARY Monaghan have played Donegal so much over the last ten years that matches between them are almost akin to being a derby at this stage. This Sunday, the two counties will clash again. The Tír Chonaill side will host the game which could be a deciding factor. No matter what most managers say, the vast majority of games in the league and championship on an annual basis are won by the hosts. Some counties are notoriously less potent on the road. Some counties are ...

HEATHER HUMPHREYS SAYS SHE ACTED APPROPRIATELYIN PASSING ON CONSTITUENT’S CONCERNS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WITHDREW CASE AFTER CONSIDERING CIRCUMSTANCES Michael Fisher Agriculture officials say no political representations were made by Minister Heather Humphreys in relation to an abandoned prosecution of a Newbliss farmer for alleged animal cruelty. The Business, Enterprise and Innovation Minister and recently re-elected Fine Gael Deputy for Cavan Monaghan denied interfering after it emerged she had delivered a letter relating to the case to the Department of Agriculture headquarters in Dublin. Following a report in The Sunday Times claiming that ...

Peter Hughes The vital need to preserve the Irish bee population in order to prevent serious disruption of the ecosystem will see changes of policy with regard to grass-cutting and flower-planting by the local authority in Monaghan, the members of the Monaghan Municipal District were informed at their monthly meeting on Monday. While there was an assurance that green spaces in housing estates used by children as play facilities would be kept trimmed and maintained, grass will be allowed to grow at other open spaces within the local authority’s control ...

FIGHT CONTINUES TO SAVE RURAL POST OFFICES By PATSY McARDLE THE vice-president of the Irish Postmasters Union, Co. Monaghan-based Mr. Ciaran McEntee from Threemilehouse, has reiterated a call this week to the incoming government to take immediate action to prevent the closure of several post officers throughout the country. He said that 86 per cent of the population are in favour of Government financial support for Post Offices and the general public want to see more services at their local Post Office. According to Mr. McEntee, new independent research, on a ...

Lisa Brennan from Monaghan Macra Na Feirme is pictured following her crowning as AIB Northwest Macra Na Feirme Queen at an event held in the Sligo Park hotel recently. she is accompanied by Roscommon macra’s Dillion Beirne, crowned King on the night, and the other contestants. Eighteen prospective kings and queens from throughout the Northwest came to Sligo to compete for the titles, taking part in numerous challenges in the Garavogue Bar under the watchful eye of judges James O’Hara (2018 King), Chloe Kennedy, the Donegal Rose of Tralee and ...

By Veronica Corr On Friday afternoon, which was incidentally Valentine’s Day, descendants of PJ O’- Daly, one of the Old IRA volunteers, who carried out an attack on Ballytrain Barracks, exactly one hundred years previous, gathered at the now unused building, which was an Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) barracks at the time of the attack in 1920, and later became a Garda barracks before it was closed down. The Irish Republican Army (1919– 1922) (in later years, known as the ‘Old IRA’), was recognised by the First Dáil as the ...

Enhancement works to Rossmore Forest Park in Monaghan Town under the Outdoor Recreational Infrastructure Fund should be substantially complete by the end of next month, Coordinator Donal McElwain informed the members of the Monaghan Municipal District at their meeting on Monday. Mr McElwain said that a contractor had been appointed and the works were progressing to programme. The car-park was to remain partially open during the works to facilitate public access to the amenity, with the exception of one week when the park would be closed to enable work at ...

Aficionados of speculative fiction of a certain vintage will undoubtedly recall with affection the first series of the American television fantasy drama Heroes, and will be familiar with one of its catchphrase lines: “Save the cheerleader, save the world!” It’s a slogan that offers irresistible adaption to the plight of the humble bumblebee, and the vital importance to the plant’s ecosystem of halting the reduction in numbers of this and other pollinator insect species in order to avoid a catastrophic imbalancing of the complex weave of nature that preserves the ...

Saturday the 1st of February was a very poignant and special day for the Glaslough community as they received a very special gift. The gift was a beautifully restored vintage cast iron platform weighing scales, originally made by W & T Avery. The old railway scales were restored by the late Terence McCaul (Navan and Rockcorry, County Monaghan and it was Terence’s wish that the scales be gifted to the village of Glaslough. It was a wonderful honour for the people of Glaslough to be considered and chosen by Terrance ...

By Veronica Corr The Northern Standard recently caught up with Fiona Hanratty, Manager of Carrickmacross Community Childcare located in the town’s workhouse, and her colleague, Karen Hourigan, who attended the recent National Early Years Protest in Dublin. The following interviews took place immediately before the country went to the polls. Manager of Carrickmacross Community Childcare Fiona Hanratty was amazed that 30,000 people came out to make a stand for the sector, she compared the size of the crowd to that of the mini-marathon. However, she expressed disappointment that there was ...