Articles in the General News Category

The following opinion piece has been kindly supplied by Tom McEneaney, a business columnist for The Irish Times, who hails from Shercock. The article mentions the new IDA office for Cavan, Monaghan and Louth, and originally appeared in The Times: “If all of the research around Brexit and its effect on Ireland has established one thing, it is that there is one Irish region more exposed to an outside shock than any other. It is the same region that in employment terms has experienced the slowest recovery from the Great ...

by Fr. Paddy Marron Bands On New Year’s Eve 1912 the Foresters Marching Band made it first public appearance. There were just seventeen members in their brass band. Although it was well acclaimed on its performances it did not last long. It was disbanded because of lack of numbers. James Devine, Arthur Love, George Mohan, Patrick Hanratty and Paddy Ross were members of it. A Pipe Band In 1924 James Devine, P. Courtney, James McNally, Pat Callan, Peter Goodman and Bernard Finegan tried to establish a pipe band. This band made its ...

By Veronica Corr At Monday’s Monaghan County Council meeting, Cllr. Aidan Campbell asked for an update on the Market House, Castleblayney, because he understood that there was some news in that regard. The Fine Gael representative’s comments came during the discussion of the Chief Executive Eamonn O’Sullivan’s report. Sinn Féin Cllr. Jackie Crowe echoed his fellow elected member’s request. A written statement was issued as follows, dated 13th May, 2019: “Monaghan County Council is unable to complete a Structural Survey and Assessment of the Market House building as it is ...

High summer is fast approaching and Monaghan’s county football and hurling teams are in need of funding. They stand crouched on the starting line in anticipation of going the distance but they need financial support to fuel their efforts. Cue McAree Engineering. For more years that the commoner garden Monaghan GAA follower can remember, McAree’s from Ballinode have been generously sponsoring Monaghan GAA’ Annual Golf Classic. Last weekend, a bumper entry and an appreciative support at Rossmore Golf Club watched as the 2019 version of the fundraiser lived up to ...

It’ll take a very good performance to overcome Monaghan says Cavan boss Graham Cavan team-manager Mickey Graham has told the Northern Standard that having an injury-free squad this week is the best he could have wished for. The Breffni blues have been blessed in terms of the Ulster Senior Football Championship draws over the last ten years, being afforded the opportunity to bat on home ground on eight occasions in that period. However, while home advantage is a great boon to Graham, the importance of having no injuries to contend with ...

Monaghan 3-08 Tyrone 0-13 COLM SHALVEY Monaghan advanced to the Electric Ireland Ulster Minor Football Championshp semi-finals when an impressive performance saw them claim the scalp of league winners Tyrone in sunny Carrickmore last Saturday. Tyrone had won the Jim McGuigan Cup Final between these teams last month, but Monaghan upped their game here to lead from start to finish. A three-point half-time lead did scant justice to Monaghan’s dominance, but they more than doubled that gap within five minutes of the restart via an unanswered 1-2. Tyrone eventually showed some of their ...

Michael Fisher The Cabinet has decided to award preferred bidder status for the National Broadband Plan to the sole remaining bidder in the competition, the n a t i o n a l Broadband Ireland consortium led by the US businessman David McCourt. The decision was made after a lengthy cabinet discussion on Tuesday. The value of the contract has been capped at just under €3 billion and requires the company to build and operate the network for 25 years, with an option for the state to extend for a ...

Children’s Book, Phone App and Board Game developed to promote inclusiveness Michael Fisher A group of transition year students from Largy College in Clones has been praised for their work in developing a children’s book, a board game and a phone app to promote inclusivity in the community and awareness of the problems of refugees and asylum seekers. Two residents of St Patrick’s Direct Provision Centre in Monaghan shared their experiences at the launch of the “We Are All Human” project. Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys said the ...

Despite the repeated promises of the Minister for Health Simon Harris and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, services at Monaghan Hospital are being further cut with the announcement that Mr. Khalid S. Khan Bhambro’s Orthopaedic Outpatient Clinic has been moved from Monaghan to Cavan General Hospital from this week forward “due to unforeseen circumstances” according to notices sent out to scheduled appointment holders. Cllr. Brian McKenna has described the loss of the service as “yet another blow to Monaghan Hospital and to the people of North Monaghan in particular”. Acknowledging that the ...

By Patsy McArdle THE Garda Representative Association (GRA) has for the first time appointed a civilian to the position of Deputy General Secretary and the appointee is a Co. Monaghan man, Mr. Philip McAnenly, who was formerly Industrial Relations Officer at the Irish Nurses’ and Midwives’ Organisation. His appointment was ratified by the GRA Annual Delegate Conference in Killarney last week. The Garda Representative Body General Secretary Pat Ennis said on Tuesday : “The ratification of Mr McAnenly is an historic moment for the GRA’. “This is the first time someone ...