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– Garda numbers already too low in the region – Fianna Fáil Senator Robbie Gallagher is warning that border communities will face an increase risk as a result of Brexit unless the government begins to put proper contingency plans in place. He was speaking following a meeting with members of the Garda Representative Association. Senator Gallagher explained, “Last week I along with Fianna Fáil’s Justice Spokesperson Jim O’Callaghan met with members to discuss their concerns around staffing levels, particularly in border counties. Despite the increased threat posed by Brexit and the ...

Meeting with An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Graham’s of Monaghan, last Friday were (L-R) Minister for Business, Enterprise, and Innovation Heather Humphreys TD, Cllr David Maxwell, Mairead McGuinness MEP, Cllr Sean Gilliland, Cllr Aidan Campbell and Senator Joe O’Reilly. ©Rory Geary/The Northern Standard

Clontibret 1-07 Crossmaglen Rangers 1-05 GERALDINE CLARKE Clontibret senior camogie team carved out their own piece of history on Sunday last when they won the new Ulster ‘B’ Club Championship. In the process, Clontibret lifted Corn Bean Uí Loinsigh, appropriately named after the iconic Mary Lynch, from Carrickmacross, who held many roles in the Camogie Association, including President, Trustee, Ulster Chair, county officer, inter-county referee, county manager and …

Colm Shalvey reports Sunday’s McElvaney’s Waste & Recycling Intermediate Football Championship Final pits the competition’s recent specialists, Doohamlet, against Seán McDermotts. Doohamlet are bidding to win their fourth IFC title this decade, having had a 100% record in the 2010, 2012 and 2015 finals, while Seán McDermotts won their only IFC to date in 2002: their last appearance at this stage. Seán McDermotts, meanwhile, are in their fifth final since 2016 between the Junior and Intermediate ranks, having….

By Veronica Corr The Market House, Clones, one of the town’s most historic buildings on The Diamond, recently received a new lease of life after years of dereliction. This stunning landmark is the new home of Ballybay/Clones Municipal District and Local Authority offices. Its restoration blends the old with the new and the conservation architects managed to preserve the original period features of the Victorian building. The local community came out in force last Friday afternoon, October 5th, to see the renovation for themselves, when it was officially launched….

“Keep the race in its place” By Veronica Corr If you feel the need, the need for speed, the public roadway is no place to be indulging in that fantasy, but happily the Rally School of Ireland in Scotstown has got a place to race, although the emphasis is still most definitely on safety. Hence, the launch of their new Driver Training Centre of Excellence, which is aimed at professional drivers, young drivers that are new to the road, Emergency Services, post-accident drivers and improving drivers — but everyone, regardless…

The measures contained in Tuesday’s Budget 2019 to make provision for the possible impact on the Irish economy and the Border region in particular of the UK’s Brexit departure from the European Union have been extolled by Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys TD. In what was her first Budget in charge of the Business portfolio, Minister Humphreys said that a chief focus of hers had been to ensure that businesses, particularly those in the Border region, were protected and supported through the challenges of Brexit. “That is ...

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and local Fine Gael TD, Heather Humphreys, has confirmed that a new IDA advanced factory is to be built close to Monaghan Town. The project was confirmed in Tuesday’s Budget 2019 announcement. “I am delighted to announce that I have allocated funding to the IDA to develop an advanced factory at Knockaconny, just outside Monaghan Town,” Minister Humphreys told the Northern Standard yesterday. “This is part of €10 million in funding I have…

The deep remorse felt by a woman involved in a road traffic accident in Castleblayney in 2017 in which a well-known school teacher lost her life was conveyed to a sittings of the Circuit Criminal Court in Monaghan last week. Forty-eight-year old Rachel Ward, No 50 The Crescent, Athlumney Abbey, Navan, Co Meath entered a guilty plea to a charge that, on January 7 2017 at Clonavogy, Castleblayney, she drove a vehicle in a manner which was or was likely to be dangerous on the public roadway, causing the death…

Peter Hughes The supports being made available by the Monaghan LEO or Local Enterprise Office to businesses in the county to enable them cope with the challenges of Brexit were outlined to last week’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council in a presentation by the Council’s Head of Enterprise John McEntegart. Co Council Chief Executive Eamonn O’Sullivan stated that, because there had been so much in the media in recent times on the subject of Brexit and because of the increasing uncertainty around the issue, they felt…