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The Minster for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross has congratulated Ballybaybased Garda Eve McCrystal on winning a bronze medal along with her partner Katie-George Dunlevy in the para-cycling world championships in Brazil at the weekend. Eve, from Jenkinstown near Dundalk, was a member of the Garda cycling team which took part in the 2017 Ras Na mBan and finished as the top Irish rider in the event. As a result of these achievements she was nominated for…

Golf MICHAEL FISHER Concra Wood Golf Club beside Lough Muckno will play host to the European Challenge Tour in October. Concra Wood Golf Club has landed the most prestigious event so far in its ten year history. The best international professional young golfers will be coming to Castleblayney in October. The par-72 course on the shore of Lough Muckno will provide a tough test for them when they take part in the Irish Challenge leg of the European Challenge Tour from October 4th to 7th. There will be a prize ...

Team Malachy is building save best till last in cracking croker clash with Dubs Monaghan 2-12 Dublin 0-17 JOHN GRAHAM Monaghan finished their Allianz Football League Division 1 campaign on a winning note when they inflicted a first defeat on Dublin in this year’s competition, Fintan Kelly plundering that result with a brilliantly executed point 4 minutes into stoppage time at the end of an always interesting if never cutting edge encounter in headquarters on Sunday afternoon last. However for a game that was effectively a dead rubber, it provided a good level of ...

Michael Fisher The Irish Farmers’ Association leadership has again stressed it will not become involved in negotiating with EirGrid over the construction of pylons for the controversial North South electricity interconnector, unless specifically asked to do so by a individual or group of farmers. Following a meeting between the IFA President and the County Monaghan Anti Pylon Committee at the recent IFA AGM in Monaghan, representatives from the campaign had a further meeting with the IFA leadership at the Association’s headquarters in Dublin on Tuesday evening. The CMAPC Chairman Donal ...

• Senator Gallagher calls on Government to act on contracts issue Some 64% of GP practices across the country were closing their doors to new patients – with all GP practices in Monaghan Town and Carrickmacross already closed to new clients. This was stated by Fianna Fáil Senator for Cavan/Monaghan Robbie Gallagher this week. Senator Gallagher cited a survey in last weekend’s Sunday Business Post which he said “revealed that surgeries everywhere are overwhelmed by existing demand and unable to take on new patients.” “The snapshot survey of 104 GP practices, ...

TAOISEACH SAYS NOTHING IS AGREED UNTIL EVERYTHING IS AGREED Michael Fisher The European Union and the UK have issued the first draft for an agreement on British withdrawal from the EU. Many of the details remain to be worked out. The document also provides a draft framework for a ‘backstop’ to preserve the current soft border arrangements between the Republic and Northern Ireland in the event of no other solutions being put forward by the British side to avoid a hard border. The UK’s Brexit Secretary David Davis and the EU’s ...

Strong connections of potential value to Co Monaghan business were forged during a trade mission to Austin and San Francisco in the United States over the St Patrick’s Day holiday period, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys TD told the Northern Standard upon her return from the trip this week. Minister Humphreys described the trade mission, on which she was joined by officials of Enterprise Ireland, the IDA and the Dept of Foreign Affairs, as “very productive”. “It was a valuable opportunity to sell Ireland, and Irish businesses, ...

Officer Dympna Condra was among over 40 local authority tourism officials recognised this week for their participation in fáilte Ireland’s Regional Tourism and Revenue Management Programmes. Ms Condra was awarded a certificate by Jenny De Saulles, Head of Ireland’s Ancient East at Fáilte Ireland, for the successful completion of the Regional Tourism Management programme. The programme focuses on helping Local Authorities and local tourism providers to find new ways to drive tourism growth in Ireland’s Ancient East and diversify the tourism offering to attract more overseas….

Monaghan Co Council representatives in New York for the St Patrick’s Day period met with senior executives from Tourism Ireland as part of their itinerary. A media release from the tourism organisation stated that the Co Council delegation were briefed “on Tourism Ireland’s extensive promotional programme in the United States for 2018, which is in full swing right now. “The United States is the second-largest market for tourism to the island of Ireland. 2017 was the fifth record-breaking year in a row for Irish tourism from the US, when we ...

There has been a strong positive reaction in the Catholic Diocese of Clogher to the confirmation yesterday that Pope francis will visit Ireland later this year. The Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference warmly welcomed the announcement by Pope Francis that he will attend part of the 9th World Meeting of Families which will take place from 21 – 26 August in Dublin on the theme, ‘The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World’. The Pope, who is 81 years of age, will arrive in Dublin on Saturday, 25 August, and ...