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Monaghan County Council unanimously agreed to call on Minister Michael Creed and An Taoiseach to suspend all funding to An Bord na Gcon, the Irish Greyhound Board until there is a full investigation into all the facts around the recent RTE programme which showed serious abuse to animals in the Greyhound industry. The Fine Gael proposal was put forward by Cllr David Maxwell who said the recent RTE investigates programme claimed that 6,000 greyhounds rejected by the breeders as too slow to race were killed. He said the programme stated there ...

A motion by Cllr Hughie McElvaney which was debated in his absence received unanimous support from his fellow Councillors at their monthly meeting. The motion was put to the floor by the Cathaoirleach Cllr Seamus Coyle as Cllr McElvaney had to leave the meeting early. The motion called for the Council to seek a meeting with the Minister of Health Simon Harris TD and Minister of State Jim Daly and a delegation of civil servants from the Department of Health to discuss the ongoing crisis faced by the people of ...

GOVERNMENT NOT PLANNNG FOR HARD BORDER: HUMPHREYS Michael Fisher With the increasing likelihood of the United Kingdom exiting the European Union in four months’ time without any negotiated deal, businesses in Co. Monaghan are being advised to prepare their companies and clients for all eventualities. Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD told a seminar at the Four Seasons Hotel on Monday that the government was not planning for a hard border. A day later, the government’s updated Brexit contingency plan was published, recognising that there is now a significant ...

…BUT MINISTER SAYS STEELWORK HAS BEEN TENDERED AND PROJECT COULD START EARLY NEXT YEAR Michael Fisher The Dáil has been told that there is zero acceptance amongst local communities and landowners for EirGrid’s proposed North- South Interconnector that would stretch across five counties on an overhead high voltage line with 400 pylons. Cavan Monaghan Deputy Brendan Smith (Fianna Fáil) told the House last Thursday that the electricity transmission grid company had no planning permission to enter 584 holdings along the route in Monaghan, Cavan and Meath. Deputy Smith said EirGrid had not ...

Trialstar bikers entertaining specatators during the Stree Carnival at Muckno Mainia Festival in Castleblayney last weekend. Report and pictures on pages 22 & 23.Photo © Jimmy Walsh

Michael Fisher “I apologise to the people of Castleblayney for the disruption caused by the safety measures blocking off the area around the Market House.” Monaghan County Council Chief Executive Eamonn O’Sullivan did not mince his words last Thursday as he officially launched an exhibition by six leading architects and designers on Irish market towns at the restored Hope Castle Gate Lodge. With the shell of the roofless Market House within view, Mr O’Sullivan stated: “As soon as we establish the structural integrity of the building, we will be delighted to ...

Julie Brannigan from Monaghan Town Country Music Festival, with Hugh Coyle, Monaghan Special Olympics Club, discussing the Monaghan Town Country Music Festival, which begins in the town on 18th July and from which a large number of local charities benefit. ©Rory Geary/The Northern Standard

GAA All-Star Rory Beggan joined the staff and pupils of St. Mary’s BNS, Monaghan as the school celebrated its recognition as a GAA Five Star Centre and the award of its Fifth Green Flag for Biodiversity at a flag raising ceremony on Friday 21st June. Board of Management members including Chairperson Tom Flannery and Denise Kilroy Toal, Chairperson of the Parents’ Association and committee members were among the invited guests. Principal Colm Mac Cinna welcomed all present and the ceremony began with a rendition of music by fourth and fifth class ...

On July 4th a group of Men from County Monaghan Men’s sheds participated in a Cross Border Networking Tour organised by Monaghan Integrated Development as part of the PEACE IV TEAM project. Funding for this event was provided under the European Union’s PEACE IV Programme managed by the Special EU Programme Body (SEUPB). The tour bus left Monaghan Men’s shed and headed to Antrim Men’s Shed in Steeple Rd, Antrim. The Antrim Men extended a very warm welcome to the Monaghan Men, and were eager to show how their shed worked ...

At the handover of the keys to the new extension to the St Louis Secondary School, Monaghan, at the completion of the construction of the new building, which features new classrooms, including home economics and art rooms, along with new administration offices, were some of the school management and Board of Management members, along with some of the construction team. The group are pictured in one of the new home economic rooms (L-R) Declan Brady, Board of Management, Catriona Duffy, Eamonn Monaghan, Keys and Monaghan Architects, Margaret Oliphant, Board of ...