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MAITIU MONAGHAN ROSSMORE GOLF CLUB have kick started the 2024 golf season with their annual drive-in. At the event last Sunday, new Captain Des O’Connor, and new Ladies Captain Ann McKenna took to the first tee for the launch of the new season. The ladies’ Spring League has already begun, with the men’s League set to start next Friday. From now until the end of September Rossmore Golf Club will be a hive of activity with various competitions, with 18-hole competitions set to begin on St. Patrick’s weekend. Men’s Captain Des ...

COLM SHALVEYTALKING POINTS In a game where both sides managed impressive shot conversion rates of over 80%, it was Derry’s ability to eke out the bulk of the scoring chances (25 to 16) that made the difference. Like in other recent meetings of these teams, with the exception of their championship groupstage clash at Celtic Park last year, Derry made hay from counter-attacks, picking Monaghan off on the break for a series of scores, including their second-half goals from Pádraig McGrogan and Conor Doherty. They joined fellow defender Conor McCluskey in ...

Diversified renewable energy group NRG Panel of Castleblayney has announced that it will create up to 125 new highly skilled jobs across the island of Ireland within the next three to five years. CEO Conor Foley said this week that the business is investing heavily to drive the next stage of its growth, including plans to double business within the next three years, supported by its investor, leading private equity firm Melior Equity Partners. Melior Equity Partners Fund II is backed by the European Investment Fund, the Irish Strategic Investment ...

By Veronica Corr Taoiseach Leo Varadkar visited Monaghan Town on Friday afternoon to officiate the launch of the Project Children Partnership with Monaghan County Council. Project Children’s complete archive will be housed in Monaghan County Museum in the soon-to-open Peace Campus, the event took place in the Hillgrove Hotel. The Taoiseach had a unique insight into the project, as he visited Washington through a Project Children spin-off internship programme in 2002. Project Children Co-founder Denis Mulcahy, expressed his pride in the Taoiseach during the event. Project Children was founded in ...

“The anger was palpable at the closed meeting of impacted landowners which was organised at short notice by Co Monaghan Anti Pylon Committee on Friday in Aughnamullen Community Centre,” a spokesperson for the CMAPC told the Northern Standard this week. The spokesperson said the wellattended meeting had been arranged in response to the most recent correspondence from Eir- Grid, which extended deadlines for landowners to sign up for their voluntary easement package before February 9 in order to avail of an early sign-on token payment and a further extension out ...

Monaghan Co Council has come in for praise from Minister for Housing, Heritage and Local Government, Darragh O’Brien TD for bringing 359 vacant social homes in the county back into active use between 2014- 2023 under his Department’s Voids Programme. €4.1 million was spent in order to renovate and refurbish the homes. “Making more efficient use of existing housing stock is a key action of the Government’s Housing for All plan,” Minister O’Brien stated. “The Voids Programme supports local authorities in preparing vacant homes for re-letting and builds on the ...

235 Ukrainian people displaced by the ongoing war in their country are currently living in host accommodation in Co Monaghan, statistics released this week disclosed. The 235 are accommodated in 113 host homes, representing 30% of the total number of Ukrainians who have arrived in Ireland since the invasion of their country. A media release from the Helping Irish Hosts organisation stated that a survey had shown that 92% of Irish people hosting Ukrainians had a positive experience and 76% would recommend hosting to someone else, continuing: The research was ...

COLM SHALVEY REPORTS Monaghan hadn’t won a league or championship game minus both Conor McManus and Darren Hughes since 2013, while you had to go back even further to February 2006 (v Dublin at Parnell Park, as it happens) for the county’s last top-flight victory without their two most-experienced campaigners. In their absence, some new leaders stepped up alongside captain Kieran Duffy, including Mícheál Bannigan, Killian Lavelle, Gary Mohan and Man of the Match Stephen O’Hanlon. Bannigan has already racked up 65 appearances and established himself as vice-captain, while O’Hanlon’s standing ...

The Health Information and Quality Authority has delivered a positive assessment of the child protection and welfare services delivered by Tusla in the Cavan/Monaghan region. HIQA published an inspection report on the service this week which focused on the implementation of Tusla’s Child Abuse Substantiation Procedure (CASP), which came into operation in June 2022. “Of the five standards assessed, the service was found to be compliant with two standards and substantially compliant with three standards,” HIQA stated. HIQA monitored. Tusla’s performance against the National Standards for the Protection and Welfare ...

A cast-iron plaque commemorating the role that Monaghan man John McKenna played in the foundation of Liverpool FC was unveiled in the past week at the club’s Anfield ground. “Honest John”, as he was known, hailed from Drumcaw in the Donagh area. He is remembered as the Reds’ first manager and a key figure in the club’s establishment. He went on to serve in a number of senior executive positions with the club and also made his mark on the early governance of English football, serving as President of the ...