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Queen smitten by Elizabeth’s mittens! Michael McDonnell IT’S NOT the kind of correspondence that drops through one’s letterbox every second day, but one is undoubtedly rather chuffed when one opens one’s mail to read the following somewhat succinct yet elegantly scripted memo under a Buckingham Palace letterhead: 9th July 2018 Dear Ms McGuinness, The Queen wishes me to thank you for the pair of warm woollen mittens which were delivered to Her Majesty in Edinburgh last week by, Mrs David Bowes-Lyon on your behalf. The Queen was interested to know that ...

Michael Fisher The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys TD, has welcomed the passing of the Heritage Bill, which extends the hedge-cutting season to include August. Wildlife and environmental groups have objected to the changes. Minister Humphreys said: “I introduced this Bill while serving as Heritage Minister and am very pleased that the proposed changes can now be implemented. The Bill contains a number of measures that are crucial for rural…

The third #MyMonaghan video is being released today. Each video in the series features local people, talking about their passions and telling their stories. In the third video, Paddy Sherry, from Knockatallon Ramblers, talks about getting off the beaten track on Sliabh Beagh and tells the story of a Highwayman who roamed the hills in the 17th Century! To hear his story, log on to https://monaghantourism.com/i ndex.php/mymonaghan to see the third video release or check it out on www.facebook.com/Monaghantourism PLEASE LIKE AND SHARE

A SCHEME by the local authority to make access safer for vehicles at a junction. linking the Old Ardee Road with the Drumconrath Road in South Monaghan, has posed a new headache for some roadusers as well as public representatives. It emerged at the weekend that a number of elected representatives in the Carrickmacross area were contacted as a result of complaints by some firms relating to what was termed as “insufficient space” provided….

Monaghan 1-09 Derry 0-09 JOHN GRAHAM A fiercely committed Monaghan completed the minor double of league and championship when they proved that little bit too strong and too adept for Derry in this Ulster Minor Football Championship Final that built to a pulsating finish in front of a crowd of 2,876 people in the Athletic Grounds, Armagh, on Friday evening last. When these sides met in the preliminary round of the minor championship earlier, it was Derry who prevailed by the minimum margin after extra time in a feisty encounter, but this time ...

PATRICK SMYTH On the domestic scene, most eyes, of course, were fixed on Monaghan’s trip to HQ and the team’s tete-a-tete with the men from the Short Grass County but, under the radar, the Farney Óg crew were quietly doing their business by claiming the provincial MFC title – only the county’s second ever such achievement over the past 73 years! “You don’t get everything you deserve, of course, but I think we played well enough tonight to win the final,” a delighted Monaghan minor boss, Seamus McEnaney, declared ...

Monaghan County Museum has confirmed its status as a fully accredited member of the Museum Standards for Ireland Programme at an awards ceremony at Kilkenny Castle. Established by the Heritage Council in 2006 to benchmark and promote professional standards in the care of collections, the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland (MSPI) has attracted involvement across the cultural spectrum, from national institutions to small, volunteerled organisations. Representative….

Members of the Monaghan Special Olympics team will be welcomed on stage and congratulated on their achievements during this weekend’s Monaghan Town Country Music Festival. The Special Olympians will be feted on Saturday afternoon on the festival main stage in The Diamond in a free of charge event to take place from 2 pm before the All-Ireland Junior and Juvenile Jiving Competitions. Finishing touches to the preparations for the four-day celebration of Irish country in the capital town…

BELFAST COURT RULES ON PLANNING DECISION BY CIVIL SERVANT Michael Fisher The controversial North South interconnector project which faces a Supreme Court action by anti-pylon protestors in the Republic later this year, is now the subject of a potentially greater challenge in the courts in Belfast. The NI Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal by the Northern Ireland Department of Infrastructure against a decision that it did not have the power to grant planning permission in the absence of a Minister ( summary of judgement on page 7). Planning approval was ...

Michael Fisher Britain’s plans for withdrawal from the European Union next year have been thrown into turmoil with the resignation of two senior Cabinet members, Brexit Secretary David Davis and the Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson. Both were advocates of a hard border and became standard bearers for a decisive break with the EU. On Friday, a Cabinet meeting at Chequers agreed a plan to seek a close economic relationship with the EU and to retain large parts of EU regulation. But 48 hours later, Mr Davis parted company with the ...