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The discovery of a new gold outcrop was announced this week by the company conducting gold mining explorations in the Clontibret area. Conroy Gold and Natural Resources plc said the new outcrop had been discovered between the Clontibret gold deposit and the Corcaskea gold target. Continuity was becoming established between the Clontibret deposit and the Corcaskea target, the company said in a statement to the Stock Exchange as follows: “Conroy Gold and Natural Resources plc (AIM: CGNR) is pleased to report the…

Shakespeare has Mark Antony pay a memorable funeral eulogy to the fallen Julius Caesar. While the speech’s primary intent is masterful political manipulation, Antony’s regard for his dead leader is palpable. Eventually, “the plain, blunt man that doth love my friend” declares to the crowd he has impassioned, “Here was a Caesar, where comes such another?” The former Fine Gael TD for Cavan/Monaghan Seymour Crawford would, with characteristic modesty and a selfdisparaging wave of his large hand, undoubtedly have dismissed any Caesarean comparison. But the high standards he set for himself ...

Peter Hughes Taoiseach Leo Varadkar gained some surcease from the turbulent events of national politics when he fulfilled public engagements in Cootehill and Emyvale on Friday last. At the end of a week in which Communications Minister Denis Naughten TD resigned because of the National Broadband Plan imbroglio, prompting some overheated national media speculation about the prospect of a General Election, Mr Varadkar stepped into a more relaxed and welcoming atmosphere when he turned the sod for the new Holy Family School development in Cootehill before proceeding to Emyvale’s Blackwater ...

New Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton TD is facing immediate calls to commission an independent inquiry into the EirGrid north-south electricity interconnector development. Mr Bruton inherited the portfolio following last week’s resignation of Denis Naughten TD after details emerged of private dinners he attended with one of the leading bidders for the National Broadband Plan contract. Those opposed to the EirGrid development will be watching Mr Bruton’s public statements closely for signs of a more flexible attitude than the doctrinaire one struck by Minister Naughten in ...

Ahead of a special general meeting on Tuesday 23 October in the Glenavon House Hotel, Cookstown, Co Tyrone, LacPatrick shareholders have been urged to turn out in large numbers to support the merger with Lakeland Dairies. Registration opens at 12.30 pm on Tuesday October 23. In comments directed to shareholders ahead of the meeting, LacPatrick Dairies chairman Andrew McConkey said: “Together with the rest of your Board, I am personally asking you to come out and…

Francis Dolan from Bike Green, with Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation Heather Humphreys TD and some of the pupils of St Michael’s National School, Corcaghan, who have completed a 6 week cycling programme with BIke Green, at the launch event. Full story next week. ©Rory Geary/The Northern Standard

Fianna Fáil TD for Cavan/Monaghan Niamh Smyth has welcomed confirmation from the HSE that a Suicide Bereavement Liaison Officer is to be in place for the two counties by early 2019 to provide support to people who have experienced a suicide loss. Deputy Smyth said she had been highlighting the issue for a number of months and had called on the HSE to provide a service across the two counties. She commented: “I am pleased that the HSE has finally decided to act to address…

Ireland’s Ancient East publication gaffe raised in Seanad Peter Hughes A recent promotional publication for the Ireland’s Ancient East tourism region, which in a map illustration erroneously depicts Co Monaghan as being located outside the region and identifies it as Co Armagh, has been referenced in Seanad Éireann by Fianna Fáil Senator Robbie Gallagher. The gaffe was also highlighted by members of the Monaghan Town Team during a presentation to Monday’s meeting of the Monaghan Municipal District, and prompted a proposal by Fine Gael’s David Maxwell that the publishers be written…

A lucky Carrickmacross woman will make National Lottery history this weekend when she becomes the first player ever to appear on the iconic Winning Streak game show on RTE One television for a third time. Shoe shop owner Rose Anne Shankey (83) could not believe her luck when her name was pulled out of the drum to make it a hat trick of appearances on the popular game show hosted by Marty Whelan and …

Magheracloone road closures to remain until early November As Cathaoirleach Colm Carthy asks Gyproc for answers By Veronica Corr As we went to press yesterday (Wednesday) evening, Monaghan County Council issued the following statement on the Magheracloone subsidence issue: There has been no evidence of further movements in ground conditions in the last week. Monitoring and surveying of the lands and public roads at Magheracloone continues following a programme agreed by Monaghan County Council and the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (DCCAE) with Gyproc Ireland Ltd. and SRK Consultants, ...