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Perhaps the most impressive feature of last Thursday’sofficial opening by the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD of the new global headquarters and manufacturing facility of Monaghan’s Combilift was the unadulterated pride and pleasure that people in the local area and the county at large derived from the occasion. The scale of the Combilift expansion – a 46,500 square metre factory complex set in a 100-acre site primed to meet future development needs – is quite awe-inspiring, and the modernity and ergonomic efficiency of its design, administrative and production facets is surely ...

JOHN GRAHAM Following their disappointing defeat against Derry in the preliminary round of the new Ulster Minor (Under- 17) Championship, Monaghan have a chance to resurrect their fortunes this Saturday when they travel to Belfast to take on the home side, Antrim, in Corrigan Park, in what is a sudden death situation with the losers eliminated and the winners going through to a game against Donegal in round 2 of the qualifiers. Monaghan went into their opening round game against Derry as league champions and were in a strong position to ...

Cremartin 0-11 Oram 0-08 JOHN GRAHAM Cremartin eventually prevailed in this fairly low-key and at times rough-and-tumble Universal Graphics Junior Football Championship match that was played in quite wintry conditions in Clontibret on Sunday afternoon last. Rain and a heavy shower of hail stones made underfoot conditions greasy and did contribute to errors on both sides throughout, but the fractious nature of the exchanges at times kept it interesting. Oram, whose defensive approach made life difficult for Cremartin, particularly in the early stages, saw them enjoying the better of the exchanges in the ...

GARDAÍ in the Cavan/Monaghan Division have issued an alert for farmers, and other owners of trailers, in the Border counties to step up security at their premises in an effort to thwart thieves from stealing trailers which are parked overnight, close to exits. The warning follows an increase in the number of farm trailers stolen in the region in recent weeks. At the weekend, gardai in Cavan issued an appeal for information about the latest trailer theft from a farm…

But Minister WILL visit, promises FG Recent hopes that the return of services to Monaghan Hospital in order to help alleviate the current overcrowding crisis in the Irish hospital sphere was being actively considered by Minister for Health Simon Harris TD appeared to be dashed by a letter from the Minister circulated at Monday’s meeting of Monaghan Co Council. Responding to a recent motion from the Council seeking an upgrading of the Monaghan facility, the Minister held fast to the current policy of smaller and larger hospitals operating through hospital groups, ...

By PATSY McARDLE Sinn Fein MEP for the Midlands North West Matt Carthy has confirmed this week that he will seek his party’s nomination to contest the next General Election in the Cavan/Monaghan constituency. Mr Carthy’s disclosure came yesterday (Wednesday) as the party announced that a convention to select the first of two candidates for the constituency will take place on Thursday April 26 in Monaghan Town. Carrickmacross-based Mr Carthy is a well-known public representative, being first returned to Carrickmacross Town Council in 1999 – when he was just 21. ...

Michael Fisher EirGrid spent over €1.7 million in various expenses incurred during the eleven weeks oral hearing in Carrickmacross two years ago concerning the North South interconnector. This is in addition to the costs of over €1 million spent on advertising, sponsorship and planning, as exclusively revealed in this paper last month. The company was asked by The Northern Standard to release details under the Freedom of Information legislation about expenditure on attendance by staff and consultants at the Bord Pleanála enquiry. An Inspector eventually granted permission in December 2016 ...

Volunteers dressed as monks lead the procession from St Tighernach’s Church in Clones to the Round Tower graveyard where the town’s patron Saint was commemorated on Monday night. See full story in Clones News on page 35. Pic: Peadar McMahon.

The formal launch took place on Thursday evening last of the 2018 edition of the biggest sporting event to be staged annually in Co Monaghan. The Four Seasons Hotel Monaghan Stages Rally takes place on Sunday, April 22. Brendan Flynn dons the Clerk of the Course mantle after a year’s absence from the role, and he told the Four Seasons-hosted launch event that he had selected new stages in the north and east Monaghan areas which he was confident would pose a testing technical challenge for the….