Articles in the General News Category

A LEADER funding allocation of €50,341.50 for Virginia Show Centre has been described as “great news” by Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael Senator Joe O’Reilly. Senator O’Reilly said this week: “The announcement by Minister for Rural and Community Development Michael Ring TD of the funding is most welcome. It will be used to purchase and install a renewable energy mechanical ventilation and air conditioning system in the conference and training rooms in the Show Centre. “The allocation reflects a significant expansion of activity over the last two years since Minister Ring introduced ...

Childcare and early education issues have taken centre stage in the last week of the General Election according to Sinn Féin’s Matt Carthy, who spoke to the Northern Standard ahead of attending a childcare protest in Dublin on Wednesday. The event, organised by the Early Years Alliance, was attended by groups like the Federation of Early Childhood Providers, the National Community Childcare Forum and SIPTU, was in response to years of underfunding and unsustainable demands on the sector. Talking to the Northern Standard, Carthy highlighted the concerns raised with him ...

Outgoing Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan/Monaghan and General Election candidate Niamh Smyth said this week that the Government needed to get serious about dealing with the dysfunctional motor insurance market. “A recent Central Bank report confirmed that the cost of claims per motor insurance policy fell by 2.5% since 2009 while on average motor premiums increased by 42% over the same period,” she stated. “The Government are behaving as if an epiphany occurred when the National Claims Information Database confirmed what we have known all along, that motorists have been ...

Comments made by the Northern Ireland Finance Minister Conor Murphy of Sinn Féin in relation to the murder in Co Monaghan in 2007 of Co Armagh man Paul Quinn were raised with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in the House of Commons yesterday. In response to representations on the comments made by Northern Ireland MPs, Mr Johnson said that his Government would “implement the Stormont Agreement in such a way as to provide certainty for veterans and justice for victims as well.” The mother of Paul Quinn has called for ...

Monaghan aim to build on Tyrone win Monaghan will be looking to build on last Sunday’s win over Tyrone when they travel to Croke Park to face All-Ireland champions Dublin this Saturday. Monaghan have showed different aspects to their game in the opening two weekends of the league, displaying plenty of attacking intent in a narrow defeat to Galway, before employing a more compact structure in seeing off a subdued Tyrone in front of a big crowd in Castleblayney last Sunday. Monaghan set up in a more recognisable way for their ...

Harte believes Monaghan should have won by more Monaghan got their NFL Division One campaign up and running last weekend with a surprise but merited victory over Tyrone with team-manager Seamus McEnaney admitting after the game in Castleblayney that the result was all-important. In the wake of his team’s defeat in the opening round of the NFL to Galway, McEnaney heaped praise on his players’ performance against Mickey Harte’s men but he couldn’t hide his pleasure at the team’s success in breaking their duck this season: “It’s a good result,” McEnaney ...

Party Leader Responds to Taoiseach’s Attack on Party Michael Fisher Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald launched the party’s candidates in Cavan Monaghan, Matt Carthy and Pauline Tully, with a confident prediction they would take two of the five seats being contested. Speaking to The Northern Standard last Thursday following a selection convention in Cootehill, she also dismissed remarks made in Monaghan by the Taoiseach that her party was not “a normal political party”. She said they were committed to the democratic process and would await the decision of the people. ...

By Colm Shalvey Magheracloone’s senior footballers have racked up the miles in the last 12 months or so, from travelling to neighbouring clubs and counties for training and home games to trekking around Ulster for their successful provincial campaign. This Saturday sees them make their club’s historic first trip to Croke Park for the AIB All-Ireland Club IFC Final against Oughterard of Galway. Magheracloone’s turbulent end to 2018 has been well documented – with the mine collapse in the area cutting right through their pitch and robbing them of their ...

By Veronica Corr Independent Councillor Seamus Treanor told Monday morning’s Monaghan Municipal District (MD) meeting that proposals raising the State Contributory Pension age by two years, from 65 (if you leave your job and have no other income) to 67 years should be an election issue. He encouraged the public to challenge candidates about the issue when they are out canvassing over the coming weeks. At present, everyone aged 66 can avail of their State Contributory Pension, no matter what their circumstances, provided they have adequate stamps built up during ...

Michael Fisher Thirteen candidates have put their names on the ballot paper in the Cavan Monaghan constituency for the general election. Nominations closed at midday yesterday, when the forms had to be submitted to the returning officer in Cavan. The following people have put their names in the hat for what promises to be an interesting election, with the constituency restored from four Dáil seats to five. It now takes in both counties, as well as the addition of around 3,900 people from part of Meath East in the Drumconrath ...