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Some seventy frontline canvassers attended the Sinn Féin Monaghan Electoral Area meeting in the Four Seasons Hotel on Monday night where they were addressed by the four Sinn Féin candidates standing in the Monaghan Municipal District elections to Monaghan County Council on Friday 24th May. The meeting was chaired by Dáil Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin. In his opening address Deputy Ó Caoláin welcomed the turn-out and commended the candidates and attendees on their preparations for the County Council contest and the conduct of their campaign to date. Reaffirming the party’s ...

Monaghan minors face Down in Clones Monaghan’s minor footballers start their Ulster title defence in Clones this Saturday. Just a week after having to go to extra- time in the Ulster MFL Final, Monaghan are in action again as they take on Down in the preliminary round of the provincial championship. Monaghan started what would prove to be an epic championship campaign with an extra-time defeat against Derry 12 months ago, before coming back to claim only the county’s second Ulster MFC since 1945. Monaghan recovered from losing their opening game ...

JOHN GRAHAM reports There was a great sense of euphoria as the big crowd basked in the reflected glory of the Ballybay Community College All Ireland Post Primary Schools championship winning team, coupled with the achievement of local man Jamie Hughes, who won a gold medal at the recent Special Olympics, when they were special guests at a civic reception hosted by the Ballybay/Clones Municipal District Council and the Ballybay Chamber of Commerce on Thursday evening last. Among…

Michael Fisher During a topical issues session in the Dáil on Tuesday evening, Cavan Monaghan Sinn Féin Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin questioned the Minister for Justice, Charles Flanagan about an operation by armed Garda units in Monaghan town last month. During an incident at Dublin Street, a man was injured and required hospital treatment. The matter was referred by Gardaí to the Garda Ombudsman. During the exchange with Minister Flanagan, Deputy Ó Caolaín placed on record this newspaper’s front page story on March 28th, quoting the full response to our ...

Michael Fisher Clones businessman Ross Mealiff, the owner of the Hotel Kilmore in Cavan, was among those to meet the German Chancellor Angela Merkel during her visit to Dublin last Thursday to discuss Brexit. Mr Mealiff attended the meeting at Farmleigh to speak about living and running a business in the border region. An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD and the Chancellor held a roundtable discussion with people from Northern Ireland and the border area, sharing their personal experience and perspectives on the impact any return to a hard border would ...

Michael Fisher Sinn Féin MEPs Matt Carthy and Martina Anderson met EU Chief Negotiator on Brexit, Michel Barnier, in Brussels yesterday, ahead of another important summit meeting involving the 28 EU heads of government, including the British Prime Minister Theresa May. The Sinn Féin representatives pressed Mr Barnier on the need to safeguard the Good Friday Agreement, the all-Ireland economy and the rights of citizens in the North in the event of the no-deal Brexit. Speaking from Brussels following the meeting, MEP for the Midlands North West Matt Carthy said: ...

By Patsy McArdle TWENTY new jobs are to be created in Monaghan through a national accountancy apprenticeship programme which allows applicants to earn while they learn. The Accounting Technician Apprenticeship is a funded, work-based learning programme where locally-placed apprentices will earn at least €19,000 a year. Applications for the apprenticeships, which will be based at Monaghan Institute, open this week. Leaving Cert students and mature learners can apply for the programme through Accounting Technicians Ireland. This apprenticeship provides a real alternative for Leaving Certificate students who prefer practical training to…

Frank McKenna, centre, The Four Seasons Hotel, Monaghan, with Eoghan Corr, right, Clerk of Course and Conor Maguire, Chairman, Monaghan Motor-club, at the launch of The Four Seasons Hotel Monaghan Stages Rally 2019 last Friday night. More pictures on page 41. ©Rory Geary/The Northern Standard

WORKS EXPECTED TO SEE ANNALEE HOUSE REMAIN CLOSED FOR UP ON A YEAR • Michael McDonnell THE ONGOING difficulties being experienced by families in the Cavan and Monaghan catchment area in relation to disability respite services that were being provided at the Annalee House facility in Cootehill show no signs of abating. As was reported in this newspaper at the time, an extensive campaign was mounted just before and after Christmas as the families affected sought to highlight the issue, and this included a public meeting in Cootehill and a protest at ...

eBay, one of the world’s largest online marketplaces has joined forces with Enterprise Ireland and theDesign & Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCOI) for an initiative that is set to benefit up to 50 small to medium-sized Irish companies. One of the first companies to join the newlylaunched Retail Expansion Programme, which has been designed to support businesses reach new domestic and global audiences is Monaghan Music & Piano Centre, a family business in Ballinode, Co Monaghan. eBay’s Retail Expansion Programme will support companies like Monaghan Music & Piano Centre by ...