Articles in the General News Category

Michael Fisher The North East Pylon Pressure Campaign has said the time has come for landowners to shut the gates and stand up to the propaganda of EirGrid about the proposed North South interconnector. A statement said: “Do not be fooled by shameful EirGrid and ESB propaganda.” It referred to a recent article in the Farming Independent which the NEPPC claimed highlighted how low the state company was sinking in order to intimidate landowners by twisting the facts relating to the interconnector. “The EirGrid Public Relations statements paint the picture ...

Local people engage in proposed greenway route options from Smithborough to Middletown PUBLIC consultations have taken place in Middletown, Smithborough and Tyholland on the proposed route options for the Ulster Canal Greenway. Local landowners and communities attended the open consultation evening to review the route options and provide the project team with essential feedback. To mark this significant €4.95m project funded through the European Union’s INTERREG VA Programme and highlight this great cross-border initiative the Chairman of Monaghan County Council, Councillor Seamus Coyle and Lord Mayor of Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon, ...

Mitchells supporters positive on Magheracloone’s championship chances MAGHERACLOONE 1-13 EMYVALE 1-09 John Graham reports Magheracloone and Emyvale produced a totally riveting McElvaney’s Waste & Recycling Intermediate Football Championship semi-final that was in the balance right through when they met in Inniskeen on Sunday evening last where under foot conditions were difficult due to the incessant rain. Having said that though Magheracloone always looked that little bit stronger even though they were forced to field without influential full forward Michael Metzger who was ruled out with an ankle injury. Magheracloone were headed only once in ...

KEVIN ÓG CARNEY Given the politically correct days that are in it, the Northern Standard can’t be seen to wax lyrical about two Fat Ladies and Legs Eleven, never mind Kelly’s Eye, but, as our accompanying pics illustrate, everyone else (among the near-600 souls present) with Bingo on the brain and Sean McDermotts in their hearts were in their element checking things out at the GAA complex in Threemilehouse last Monday night. Most people currently living in Ireland weren’t born 25 years ago when a brains trust – or should ...

COLM SHALVEY COMMENTARY It’s all knock-out from here on in the local club championships as the race for the titles heats up. The Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship Final will be between two recent winners after Blackhill and Drumhowan came through last Sunday’s semi-final doubleheader in Scotstown. Drumhowan, who won the JFC four times between 2006 and 2014, have re-established their championship pedigree with an unbeaten run this year and they continued that with an exciting win over Clones. Veteran forward Colm Lambe rolled back the years with a 1-8 haul for ...

KEVIN ÓG CARNEY Manager Declan Moen is expecting his side to face their toughest test of the season so far when they seek to extend their championship campaign this Saturday. Moen has reported a fully-fit squad ahead of his team’s trip to Buncrana, County Donegal this weekend when the newly-crowned Monaghan IFC champions will bid to add the Ulster ladies football title to their county crown. The amalgam of players from Clontibret and Cremartin has been buoyed by their success last weekend in overcoming Ballinascreen in the preliminary round of the ...

By Veronica Corr and Michael Fisher On foot of an enquiry from this newspaper regarding other sites being earmarked for asylum seekers within the County Monaghan, a spokesperson for the Department of Justice and Equality confirmed in a statement on Tuesday: “There is one dedicated accommodation centre in Monaghan – at St Patrick’s near Monaghan Town. As of 15th September 2019, there are 198 people living in the centre. “Evaluations of tender offers are currently underway and for this reason we cannot comment on the location of new centres under ...

Thursday 26th September 2016 marks European Day Without A Road Death, also known as Project EDWARD. The aim of the campaign is that no one should die on the roads of Europe on this day. All road users should take a few moments to think about the risks they face, the risks they may pose to others and how they can go about reducing those risks. Monaghan Co Council together with members of the emergency services are proud to support Project EDWARD. Adrian O’Sullivan, Road Safety Officer with Monaghan County ...

Michael Fisher The abduction and savage attack on the Quinn Industrial Holdings executive Kevin Lunney in Co. Cavan last week was absolutely awful and outrageous, Minister Heather Humphreys told the Dáil yesterday. She was answering leader’s questions in place of the Taoiseach. In a rare sight in the legislature, two other female Ministers, Regina Doherty TD and Josepha Madigan TD, sat beside her on the front bench. Minister Humphreys said she was horrified to hear about the assault on Mr Lunney. The government would ensure that the necessary resources would ...

Michael Fisher The family of a County Tyrone teenager killed and secretly buried by the IRA over forty years ago received the sad news on Friday that the latest search for his remains in Bragan bog has ended without success. Dympna Kerr, the sister of Columba McVeigh, from Donaghmore, went to the site near Carrickroe to be briefed by representatives of the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims’ Remains. Columba was 17 years old and was working in Dublin when he was abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the ...