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Property prices in Monaghan have risen by €10,000 in the last year, according to the latest MyHome.ie Property Report in association with Davy. The report for Q1 2018 shows that the median asking price for a property in the county now stands at €150,000. This is up €3,000 or 2% from the previous quarter at the end of 2017 but is also up 7.1% from €140,000 at the same stage last year. The latest price increase has left the asking price for a home in the county back at its ...

In the Dáil last week, Cavan Monaghan Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the ongoing outstanding requests with the British Government regarding inquiries into the Dublin- Monaghan bombings and if he would make a statement on the matter. Similar questions were also raised by Dublin Central Independent Deputy Maureen O’Sullivan. Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Simon Coveney T.D. responded: “Dealing with long outstanding issues relating to the legacy of the conflict in Northern….

Colm Shalvey reports Monaghan minor manager Séamus McEnaney says the Ulster U-17 Football League is “the best of its kind in the country” ahead of his team’s semi-final against Tyrone in Inniskeen this Saturday. McEnaney says “It’s a great thing that the best (minor) league is in Ulster. Even though we lost a week with the delay in finishing the other group, it’s a very enjoyable league and young fellas just want to play games. The players’ commitment and attitude is top class and they are developing well.” With the championship ...

Colm Shalvey Round Up The Senior Football League got underway last Saturday with the first round of the new (A) games featuring county players and offering five points for a win as part of a major restructure to the league programme, designed at keeping games going through the summer. Conor McManus kicked ten points as Clontibret edged out Truagh. McManus and his county team-mates Conor Boyle and….

Major Boost for Local Economy: Minister Humphreys Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys, TD, launched the “Irish Challenge” golf tournament at Concra Wood. It’s estimated up to 1,000 bed nights will be required for visitors attending the European Challenge Tour event in October, providing a major boost for tourism and the local economy.

“AN OPERATIONAL MATTER FOR EIRGRID”: NAUGHTEN Michael Fisher Ireland’s energy future, the Minister for Climate Action Denis Naughten TD has said he has no function in the controversial North South interconnector project. He said in a Dáil written answer to Deputy Niamh Smyth (FF) the proposed overhead high voltage line had planning permission on both sides of the border and it was now “an operational matter” for EirGrid and ESB Networks. Anti-pylon campaigners claimed the Minister was insulting their intelligence by these remarks. Nigel Hillis of the Co. Monaghan Anti Pylon Committee ...

By Veronica Corr Cathaoirleach of Carrickmacross/Castleblayney Municipal District (MD) Padraig McNally proposed a motion at Monday’s meeting, calling on the MD to “examine the feasibility of developing a park and ride facility, so as to free up space in the town centre car parks for shoppers as well as providing safe access for those who are commuting to work outside the town.” The motion was very well received by fellow councillors and unanimously adopted as a result. In introducing it, the Fianna Fáil representative observed that there …

Clones has been selected as one of four pilot localities for a new cross-Border community paramedic project. The initiative, which has attracted a €1.1 million investment from the EU INTERREG V(a) scheme, was officially launched last Friday. Director General of the HSE Tony O’Brien was joined by representatives from the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, the Scottish Ambulance Service and the HSE’s National Ambulance Service at the Dublin event… A HSE media release stated: “This new collaboration between the three national ambulance services has been warmly welcomed and has resulted in the ...

Members of the McAnespie family of Aughnacloy and Monaghan were hosted by the Chairperson on the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin T.D. in Leinster House on last Thursday, 22nd March. The McAnespie family delegation included the father of Aidan who was murdered by a British soldier at the Aughnacloy British Army checkpoint on 21st February 1988. John McAnespie now in his 83rd year was accompanied by his sons Seán and Vincent, by his nephew Brian Gormley and by the family’s solicitor Darragh Mackin. The Justice ...

Heather Humphreys, MinisterHeather Humphreys, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, and TD for Cavan/Monaghan, has encouraged SMEs based in Co Monaghan to apply for the Government’s new €300 million Brexit Loan Scheme. The Scheme was launched for applications yesterday by Minister Humphreys in company with Michael Creed TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, and Paschal Donohoe TD, Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform. Speaking to the Northern Standard followingfor Business, Enterprise and Innovation, and TD for Cavan/Monaghan, has encouraged SMEs based in Co Monaghan to apply ...