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The company mining for gold in Clontibret in Co Monaghan has located additional mineralisation deposits of the precious metal. Conroy Gold and Natural Resources issued a statement to the London Stock Exchange on Thursday last in which it said that a fourth drill hole exploration conducted with joint venture partner Demir Export had shown further positive results from its Clontibret target. The company said the drill hole intersected gold mineralisation in the stockwork at a down hole depth of 91.8 metres. The gold mineralisation extended to a down hole depth ...

By Veronica Corr World Mental Health Day fell on Monday of this week, October 10th, so The Northern Standard marked the occasion by having a chat with Mickey McKenna from Tydavnet, a retired Psychiatric Nurse who used to work in St. Davnet’s Complex. Mickey and his son Ciaran recently returned from ‘Mickey’s Climb For Recovery’ in aid of two local mental health charities. The challenge is complete but it’s not too late to donate. Donations are open until the end of October. The aforementioned climb involved scaling Mount Kilimanjaro in ...

The new Monaghan Digi Hub at the M:Tek 1 building in Knockaconny was hailed as a key initiative for the future development of regional economic enterprise in the Border region when it was officially opened by Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys on Monday morning last. A project of the Enterprising Monaghan business support agency to generate new remote working opportunities, the facility is the culmination of a three-year process which has seen significant capital investment accessed to evolve the hub facility at the existing M:Tek building. Already ...

The members of Monaghan Co Council have requested that a report be prepared on the reasons for a significant rate of refusals of offers of local authority housing in the county. Statistics which came before Monday’s meeting of the local authority indicated that, of 151 offers of accommodation in local authority housing in the county so far this year, 36 or 24% had been refused. There was a 33% refusal rate when it came to accommodation provided by AHBs or Approval Housing Bodies, with 12 out of 36 nominations turned ...

A timely National Road Safety Week appeal to motorist in the county to slow down and adhere to the speed limits was made by the members of Monaghan Co Council when they met for their October meeting on Monday last. The Council gave approval for the adoption of new speed limit bye-laws on a number of regional and local roads throughout the county – but councillors emphasised that such regulations could not by themselves resolve the many road safety concerns in local communities. Fine Gael’s Aidan Campbell said that changing ...

An inspiring voluntary organisation which transports blood samples, breast milk for premature babies and medical supplies throughout local hospitals, has been named as the 2022 National Lottery Good Cause of the Year. The Monaghan-based, Cú Chulainn Blood Bikes was named National Lottery Good Cause of the Year and also won the Community category at the National Lottery Good Causes Awards ceremony which was held in Killsahee House Hotel in Co.Kildare on October 1st. The National Lottery Good Causes Awards honour the inspiring work and achievements of thousands of projects, clubs ...

Exactly 100 years ago an advertisement appeared on the front page of The Northern Standard to announce the opening of “The Waltham Watch Depot” in The Diamond, Monaghan. The notice was signed by Mr. Samuel Joseph Magill and his bold intention was to carry on a “High Class Jewellery Business” and to deliver a high standard of product and customer service. The fact that ten decades on, the jewellery business established by Samuel Magill at the heart of Monaghan, is celebrating a landmark occasion is testimony that the principles set ...

The Castle Leslie Estate in Glaslough has scooped the accolade for Ireland’s Leading Boutique Hotel at the prestigious 2022 World Travel Awards. Government and industry leaders, luminaries and the international print and broadcast media assembled at the new Hilton Mallorca Galatzo in Spain for the gala awards announcement ceremony. Castle Leslie Estate CEO Brian Baldwin said he couldn’t be more proud of the win. “To achieve this award is a fantastic achievement,” Mr Baldwin stated. “The team at Castle Leslie is what makes all this happen. Without their hard work ...

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee TD added her voice to the appeal for definitive information on the location of the remains of Columba McVeigh on Monday as the search resumed in the Bragan area of Co Monaghan for the body of the 19-year-old Donaghmore, Co Tyrone man murdered by the IRA in November 1975. An expert investigation team from the Independent Commission of Victims’ Remains commenced a search of approximately two acres of Bragan bogland near Emyvale which was expected to continue for a number of days. It is the ...