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Monaghan Fianna Fáil Councillor Seamus Coyle has been unanimously elected as the new Cathaoirleach of the Northern and Western Regional Assembly at their annual general meeting in Ballaghadreen, Co. Roscommon. The NWRA has 25 members from nine regional authorities, ranging from Monaghan, Cavan and Donegal to Galway, Galway City, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo. The regional body is responsible for delivering key components of the National Planning Framework and ensuring investment priorities are aligned across the region. The Northern and Western Regional Assembly was established in January 2015 and has ...

The fifth #MyMonaghan video is being released today. Each video in the series features local people, talking about their passions and telling their stories. In this video, Julie Brannigan talks about the buzz that the Country Music festival brings to Monaghan and how the local community get involved and provide a big welcome to all. Margo talks movingly about Big Tom and how Castleblayney is pulling out all the stops to commemorate him during…

Colm Shalvey reports Monaghan’s senior footballers will attempt to join the county’s minors in an All-Ireland semi-final when they take on Galway in their decisive ‘Super 8s’ series game at Pearse Stadium on Saturday evening. Monaghan appeared to have one foot in the county’s first All-Ireland SFC semi-final since 1988 when they led Kerry in added time in Clones the week before last, but a late goal from David Clifford means the second qualification berth in Group 1 is set to go down to the wire. The late drama was all ...

COLM SHALVEY All-Ireland MFC semi-final place in impressive fashion when they saw off Kildare in Mullingar last Saturday. A Kildare team showing seven changes from the line-up named in the programme threw everything at Monaghan in the opening minutes, but Séamus McEnaney’s side weathered the early storm and eventually pushed on to win with nine points to spare. A physically imposing Kildare side missed a couple of…

Monaghan 2-11 Kildare 0-08 JOHN GRAHAM A more resilient Monaghan survived an uncertain start and weathered a brief storm midway through the second half to deservedly advance to the All Ireland Minor Football Championship semi-final in difficult enough conditions in TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar, on Saturday afternoon last. Rain prior to the game had made for a greasy enough surface but conditions improved during the first half and the standard of play was of the highest order, but the weather conditions deteriorated about midway through the second half which did make life difficult ...

Colm Shalvey reports With the All- Ireland SFC ‘Super 8s’ series taking a break this we e k e n d , the spotlight shines on Monaghan’s minor footballers on Saturday. Ulster champions Monaghan take on Kildare in Mullingar in a highly-anticipated Electric Ireland All-Ireland MFC Quarter-Final on Saturday. An epic provincial campaign that saw two of Monaghan’s six games go to extra-time ended with Séamus McEnaney’s young side claiming the Fr. Murray Cup. The Ulster series eventually went full circle, with Monaghan pipping Derry in the final, almost three months ...

Kevin Óg Carney reports Over the past decade and more, Kerry football, on balance, has been perceived as being more about style than substance. On umpteen occasions, the Kingdom’s finest have left themselves open to accusations about having a soft underbelly that is all too quickly exposed when faced by decent opposition on big fight night. Last Sunday in Clones, the bluebloods of Gaelic football showed true grit in nicking a draw from the jaws of defeat. In particular, you just have to admire the way Kieran Donaghy retained his balance…

Ministers say government is taking action to deal with the problem Michael Fisher The severe shortage of fodder has led to the gravest situation ever faced by farmers, members were told at Monday’s meeting of Carrickmacross Castleblayney Municipal District. Fianna Fáil Cllr Padraig McNally called on Agriculture Minister Michael Creed to make hardship funding immediately available to assist the farming community. He said that in the light of what had been one of the worst droughts ever, there was now a shortage of fodder estimated by someone he met recently working ...

EIRGRID FILES PART I PAGE I EirGrid is briefing a government department weekly about its work on the controversial North South interconnector, and closely monitoring political developments and all media coverage, as Michael Fisher reveals exclusively in documents released under a Freedom of Information request. See page 14 for part one of ‘The EirGrid Files’. Click on link below EirGrid – 26th July

Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy has called on Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan TD to clarify the details of the events leading up to the recent closure of Castleblayney Mart. Stating that he had met regional representatives of the IFA recently to discuss the issue, the Carrickmacross member of the European Parliament told the Northern Standard that he was concerned by reports that the mart had allegedly been operating without a Property Services Regulatory Authority or PSRA licence since March 2017 – but this was unknown to patrons until after ...