Articles in the General News Category

Monaghan men Martin Maguire and Frank McEnaney will brave the “Dickie Dip” on Saturday next November 9 in order to raise awareness of prostate cancer. Martin has recently played a key role in the establishment of the Men’s Den dimension of the Monaghan cancer support service Crocus, of which hotelier Frank is a member…

Peter Hughes Monaghan Co Council called on Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan TD and Garda Commissioner Drew Harris on Monday to commit to the expedient restoration to fulltime operation of the Garda Station in Emyvale that was severely damaged by fire in the early hours of Monday, October 28 last. An urgent business motion tabled by Independent North Monaghan councillor Paudge Connolly was adopted which requested the Justice Minister to take immediate steps to have the facility restored to full functioning as a matter of urgency. Investigations into the cause ...

Tributes from across the religious and political spectrum have been paid to west Belfast priest Fr Des Wilson, a noted campaigner and commentator on peace and human rights issues whose death at the age of 94 was announced on Tuesday. During the 1980s Fr Wilson had a close association with the Northern Standard newspaper and wrote a weekly opinion column that often provoked debate and occasionally controversy as he gave his considered analysis of the political, social and moral issues at the centre of discourse in Northern Ireland and the ...

The Chief Executive of Quinn Industrial Holdings and other senior personnel from the company held a 90-minute meeting with Garda Commissioner Drew Harris at Monaghan Garda Station on Tuesday afternoon. The QIH personnel and the Commissioner discussed the progress of the Garda investigation into the abduction and serious assault of company director Kevin Lunney last month. Death threats received by other directors were also discussed. Both the Gardaí and the PSNI are currently conducting intensive inquiries into the ongoing campaign of intimidation, including death threats, targeting the QIH directors. Speaking ...

Michael Fisher The brother of one of the last missing three IRA victims to have been killed and secretly buried has again appealed for information to help find him. The appeal by Oliver McVeigh came as the families of the ‘disappeared’ gathered at Stormont on Saturday for the annual All Souls Day silent walk in their memory . Of the sixteen ‘disappeared’, the remains of thirteen have been found, while three remain to be discovered. The families of Co. Tyrone teenager Columba McVeigh from Donaghmore, former monk Joe Lynskey from ...

A celebratory atmosphere reigned at the Oakland Recreation Centre on Friday evening last when Monaghan Co Council accorded civic honour to the village of Glaslough on their national victory in the 2019 Tidy Towns contest. The Council recently agreed to confer a civic reception on the North Monaghan hamlet and its population to honour their outstanding contribution to the enhancement of their locale and the various community and environmental initiatives which earned them the honour of being named as Ireland’s tidiest village and tidiest place. A delegation of Council members ...

Six proposed routes for a major upgrade of the N2 national road between Castleblayney and Ardee, Co. Louth have gone on display this week for public consultation. On Tuesday, the project details were shown in Carrickmacross at the Nuremore Hotel and yesterday they were on public display at the Glencarn Hotel in Castleblayney. The consultants from Jacobs are also available today at the parish centre in Ardee from 2pm and 8pm. The N2 is the main link road between Dublin and Derry and Letterkenny in the north west. A Sinn ...

Colm Shalvey reports Donaghmoyne secured their place in the senior ranks for 2020 when they ran out convincing winners in last Sunday’s IFL Final against Monaghan Harps in Drumhowan. Donaghmoyne led from start to finish as they put defeats in this fixture last year and in this year’s IFC decider behind them to claim the Vincent McAviney Cup for the first time since 2014. The final scoreline told little of how the game went, with the Harps enjoying far more possession than their meagre return on the scoreboard would suggest. The ...

KEVIN ÓG CARNEY ALL-IRELAND SENIOR LADIES CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP SEMI-FINAL Donaghmoyne, the kingpins of Ulster, will cross swords with Mourneabbey, the kingpins of Munster this Sunday in the All-Ireland Ladies Senior Football Club Championship semi-final at Clyda Rovers GAA headquarters (1pm). The Cork crew – who claimed the All- Ireland title last year – have lorded matters down in the deep south for longer than most observers of ladies’ football can rightly remember. In fact, the Shane Ronayne- managed crew just recently made it six-in-a-row of blue riband provincial title by seeing off ...

Michael Fisher As police in England continued their investigation into the deaths of 39 people found in the back of a truck in Essex last week, a 25 year-old lorry driver from County Armagh was remanded in custody on charges of manslaughter and conspiracy to traffic people. Maurice ‘Mo’ Robinson from Laurelvale, Tandragee in Co. Armagh appeared before Chelmsford Magistrates on Monday, where he faced 39 counts of manslaughter; conspiracy to traffic people between December 1st 2018 and October 24th 2019; conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration and money laundering. He ...