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Francis Evans from Stranooden Co Monaghan, won the 0-500,000 litres milk production category in the Lakeland Dairies Milk Quality Awards, presented recently by Cavan/Monaghan Fine Gael TD and Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys. Brendan Byrd from Kilnaleck, Co Cavan was runner-up in the category. A couple from Donadea in north Co Kildare were crowned the Supreme Milk Quality Award Winner – Andrew and Miriam Bennett emerged as the cream of the crop from among 2,500 milk producers supplying a total of 1.2 billion litres of milk…

BRIAN, BORU – TOGETHER AGAIN Mickey McDonnell ‘BORU’, the missing golden eagle, was found safe and well in the Castle Leslie Estate on Saturday after an all-hands-ondeck search in which the bird’s grateful owner, falconer Brian McCann from Co Louth, was assisted by many people in the local area. The prize two-and-a-half-yearold bird of prey had been AWOL for nine days after flying off in windy weather when his leash broke at a falconry display at the Glaslough estate on…

Qualifiers start with a scorefest… now for Leitrim Colm Shalvey reports Monaghan are on the road once more this Saturday when they will again carry a strong favourites’ tag into their Round 3 All-Ireland SFC Qualifier against Leitrim in Carrick-on-Shannon. Monaghan’s first two qualifier ties in 2017 took them away to teams who had competed in Division Four that spring and it’s a similar story this summer after a record win over Waterford last Saturday. Monaghan’s 5-21 tally in Dungarvan trumped the county’s previous…

Monaghan 5-21 Waterford 0-09 JOHN GRAHAM Monaghan are back in the championship race after they blitzed a hapless Waterford in this totally one sided All-Ireland Senior Footbal lChampionship Round 2 Qualifier played in sweltering conditions in Fraher Field, Dungarvan, on Saturday afternoon last. Monaghan were on a mission when they went to the Deise County, in that they had to first of all get a result, which they did and also put on a performance, which they also did, and while there were aspects of their play at times that was a little ...

Aidan McAnespie’s Family Welcome Move to Prosecute Soldier for Manslaughter Michael Fisher Sitting at their home in Aughnacloy on Tuesday evening, members of the family of Aidan McAnespie were still assessing the news that a former British soldier is to be prosecuted in connection with his death at a border checkpoint thirty years ago. Earlier that day they met representatives of the Northern Ireland Public Prosecution Service in Belfast. It was confirmed that a decision had been taken to prosecute a former British soldier in relation to the death of Mr ...

On Sunday 1st July at 3 pm in Saint Macartan’s Cathedral, Monaghan, Rev Seán Mulligan will be ordained to the Priesthood for the Diocese of Clogher by Bishop Noel Treanor, Bishop of Down and Connor. Aged 47, he is a native of Knockatallon in the parish of Tydavnet. Having completed his studies at the Irish College in Rome, Rev Seán has been ministering as a deacon in the diocese for the past year— in Carrickmacross and, more recently, at Enniskillen. Everyone is welcome to participate in the Ordination liturgy in ...

Michael Fisher Monaghan County Council welcomed its new Cathaoirleach Cllr David Maxwell at its annual general meeting in Monaghan on Monday. The Fine Gael representative from Killymarley was first elected in 2004, and was returned at all subsequent elections since. Sinn Féin Cllr Colm Carthy from Carrickmacross is the new Leas Cathaoirleach ….

Search continues for missing golden eagle Michael McDonnell The search was continuing yesterday evening for ‘Boru’, the two and- a-half-year-old golden eagle that went missing during a falconry display at the Castle Leslie Estate in Glaslough last Thursday (14th June). The bird’s owner, Brian McCann of Newgrange Falconry told the Northern Standard yesterday evening that he believed it most likely that Boru was still in the general hinterland of the Leslie estate, as there were lots of big trees that would provide him with ideal cover. A sighting in the local area ….

Michael McDonnell Rumours were rife in Cootehill over the last week as to who it was from the town that allegedly picked up a lifechanging €2.9 million jackpot ticket in Swanlinbar on Tuesday of last week! But, as in most of these situations, it’s been a case of all smoke and no fire, with no prime suspect identified as the possible holder of the passport to €2,895,277 sweet ones — even though one local media outlet has insisted that the lucky lad or lady is indeed lurking in Cootehill’s environs! ...